Abstract
Abstract. The Art of War Frieze was commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to decorate the back of the «wing façade» of the Ducal palace. The Frieze decorated the façade from the time it was realised towards the end of the XVth century until 1756. The Frieze consists of a very particular series of seventy-two limestone bas-reliefs, whose iconographic repertoire represents numerous war and building machines as well as military and political symbols. After it broke away from the outdoor façade it was stored in different rooms in the Palace but despite the many documentary records available, the question of the original sequence of the basreliefs has never been resolved. The primary scope of this paper is to create a "virtual" reconstruction of the original sequence of the bas-reliefs, starting from historical and iconographic records, an analysis of the back and the individual panels using a laser scanner and fully automatic open source photo modelling technologies like the Arc3d, and photogrammetric systems like Image Master together with analyses of the state of conservation, type of degradation correlated to atmospheric parameters (sunlight, temperature, rain). Tests will then be carried out with different systems in order to confirm the accuracy of the model if it is decided to reproduce the individual panels using the rapid prototyping technique associated to a study of the execution techniques.
Highlights
The Art of War Frieze was commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to decorate the back of the «wing façade» of the Ducal palace
The Frieze decorated the façade, complete with a bench and delicately finished stringcourse cornice, from the time it was realised towards the end of the XVth century until 1756, when it was removed by the architect Giovan Francesco Buonamici against the orders Cardinal Giovan Francesco Stoppani, who was a papal delegate in Urbino, to create the “Museum of Ancient Headstones” in the Upper Loggias of the Palace as testimony of the past
The Frieze was stored in the Upper Loggias for about two centuries, and in circa 1940 all the works of the Headstone
Summary
The Art of War Frieze was commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to decorate the back of the «wing façade » of the Ducal palace in order to characterise his home, and bear witness to his glorious life and position in the history of the Renaissance. The Frieze decorated the façade, complete with a bench and delicately finished stringcourse cornice, from the time it was realised towards the end of the XVth century until 1756, when it was removed by the architect Giovan Francesco Buonamici against the orders Cardinal Giovan Francesco Stoppani, who was a papal delegate in Urbino, to create the “Museum of Ancient Headstones” in the Upper Loggias of the Palace as testimony of the past. The bas-reliefs which were still in good condition were walled into the rooms facing the Pasquino courtyard and grouped according to the iconographic objects represented while all the others were moved to the storerooms of the Palace. Today the bas-reliefs are still positioned side by side in the number order provided by Bianchini in the text Spiegazione delle sculture contenute nelle LXXII tavole di marmo e bassorilievi collocati nel basamento esteriore del palazzo di Urbino, published in 1724. The first forty-eight panels are in the first hall, while the other thirteen panels are in a neighbouring room; they stand on white Plexiglas bases and are fixed to the walls with metal brackets on the back
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