Paolo Beni’s Trattato della Memoria Locale and Applied Mnemonics
The essay aims at analyzing the manuscript Trattato della Memoria Locale by Paolo Beni (1552-1625), which tested the classical mnemotechnic rules in the architectural structure of Santa Giustina’s church in Padua. By showing us a logical mental way to represent our memories through the introjection...
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The essay aims at analyzing the manuscript Trattato della Memoria Locale by Paolo Beni (1552-1625), which tested the classical mnemotechnic rules in the architectural structure of Santa Giustina’s church in Padua. By showing us a logical mental way to represent our memories through the introjections of an artificial external order, the treatise also implicitly suggests a way to analyze a real architectural space and the iconic-plastic elements that it contains, e.g. the precious and impressive wooden choir of the fifteenth century composed of two series of stalls with illustrated backs: the scenes of Jesus’ life in the upper side are semantically and mnemonically linked to the underlying emblems of Virtues and Vices.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6b1cbec995a48fba030a12c0b0c5f332024-02-09T16:14:36ZengUniversidade de AveiroÁgora0874-54982183-43342022-06-0124.110.34624/agora.v0i24.1.29407Paolo Beni’s Trattato della Memoria Locale and Applied MnemonicsAndrea Torre The essay aims at analyzing the manuscript Trattato della Memoria Locale by Paolo Beni (1552-1625), which tested the classical mnemotechnic rules in the architectural structure of Santa Giustina’s church in Padua. By showing us a logical mental way to represent our memories through the introjections of an artificial external order, the treatise also implicitly suggests a way to analyze a real architectural space and the iconic-plastic elements that it contains, e.g. the precious and impressive wooden choir of the fifteenth century composed of two series of stalls with illustrated backs: the scenes of Jesus’ life in the upper side are semantically and mnemonically linked to the underlying emblems of Virtues and Vices. https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/agora/article/view/29407ArchitectureMneomotechnicspreachingemblematicsRhetoric |
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| title | Paolo Beni’s Trattato della Memoria Locale and Applied Mnemonics |
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| topic | Architecture Mneomotechnics preaching emblematics Rhetoric |
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