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Burg Eltz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Drawing for Bell’Europa Magazine of the famous German castle Bulg Eltz. Below you can see the phase of the preparatory sketch, where the perspective angle was discussed with the editorial board.
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Palazzo Chiaramonte, Palermo, Sicily
My first drawing for Bell’Italia magazine: an aristocratic medieval palace in the Arab-Norman hearth of the Sicilian capital.
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Chateau de Compiègne, Oise, France
My illustration, as an isometric split of the castle which was the favorite residence of Napoleon, in a small town close to Paris. Masterpiece of the French early Epire style, connected to two exquisite neoclassic theaters. Drawing for Bell’Europa Magazine.
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Shibden Hall, Halifax, England
My illustration, for Bell’Europa Magazine, of the residence of the English thinker and novelist Anne Lister. It is a remarkable example of Tudor style, and a masterpiece of timber architecture.
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Limburg Cathedral, Hessen, Germany
Axonometric split of the romanesque cathedral of the German medieval city of Limburg an der Lahn, in Hessen, for Bell’Europa Magazine. The building is one of the finest early romanesque examples in Germany. The bicromatic exterior, heavily retouched in the romantique period, was an unique expression of the style which spread throughout central Europe from the Carolingian dynasty onwards.
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Catedral de Valencia, Spain
Axonometric split of the Cathedral of Valencia, for Bell’Europa Magazine. The building had an incredible influence in shaping the style which would be renowned as Cathalan Gothic. The belltowers and lanterns octagonal prisms, perhaps reminescences of Islamic world, were onwards introduced in all the Aragonese kingdoms.
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Chateau de Combourg, Normandie, France
Illustration of a French castle for Bell’Europa Magazine. The building was an original medieval castle in Normandy, which fell out of use in the modern age, and was restaured in the romantic period. The poet Chateaubriand lived here during his youth.
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Map of Logudoro territory, Sardinia, Italy
Map of the historical subregion of Logudoro, for Carlo Delfino Editore. The region is named after the Logudoro kingdom, one of the four independent kingdoms which ruled over Sardinia in the middle age. In this area is particularly dense the presence of Romanesque churches, now isolated in the countryside, once belonging to fortified cloisters or to disappeared settlements.
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Map of the Sinis territory, Sardinia, Italy
Bird’s eye view over the subregion of Sinis, for Carlo Delfino Editore. The zone has an overwhelming richness of neolithic, megalithic, punic and roman settlements, being an important trade- exchange hub for people coming from the sea and from the mountain. Notable are the site of abandoned city of Tharros, the archeological site of Monti Prama’s Giants, without mentioning the crystalline beaches toward the Sardinian sea.
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Royal Citadel of Bosa, Sardinia
Aerial perspective map of the historic centre of Bosa, for Carlo Delfino Editore.
Bosa was originated by the phoenician-roman city of Calmedia whose remains are on the other side of the river Temo, nearby the church of San Pietro. The medieval current historical city lays sheltered under the walls of the castle built for the Malaspina dinasty.
Below, the freehand drawing ready to be scanned, before being colored and shadowed.
The first phase of each work consists of a fast sketch in order to check and agree the disposition of all elements with the publisher.