The signs of the Romans in the city of Lupiae, currently Lecce, are many and among them the most noteworthy is the Roman Theatre. The monument has been accidentally discovered during the excavations for the foundations of a house in 1929 and it is located at a short distance from another landmark of the Roman Lecce: the amphitheatre. The chance of utilizing the latest threedimensional technology for the detection of the ruins was an opportunity to study the model of the obtained survey. The analysis of the latter reveals a divergence with the instructions in “De Architectura” by Vitruvius and shows a particular use of the nonagon for the design of its iconography. This study aims to compare the hypothesis obtained from the analysis of the metrological survey with the rules explained in the work of Vitruvio to underline similarities and differences between theory and practice.
Geometrical analysis of Lecce’s roman theatre and anphitheatre drawings
Giampiero Mele
2016-01-01
Abstract
The signs of the Romans in the city of Lupiae, currently Lecce, are many and among them the most noteworthy is the Roman Theatre. The monument has been accidentally discovered during the excavations for the foundations of a house in 1929 and it is located at a short distance from another landmark of the Roman Lecce: the amphitheatre. The chance of utilizing the latest threedimensional technology for the detection of the ruins was an opportunity to study the model of the obtained survey. The analysis of the latter reveals a divergence with the instructions in “De Architectura” by Vitruvius and shows a particular use of the nonagon for the design of its iconography. This study aims to compare the hypothesis obtained from the analysis of the metrological survey with the rules explained in the work of Vitruvio to underline similarities and differences between theory and practice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
