The exhibition Imagining Rome. The Impossible Perspectives of Francesco Corni, set up in the two covered spaces of the Baths of Caracalla, presents for the first time in the Capital the drawings of the archaeologist and designer from Modena Francesco Corni. The exhibition, organized by the Special Superintendence of Rome, directed by Daniela Porro, and by the Francesco Corni Foundation, is structured in a story through images of 60 drawings - mostly unpublished - of ancient Rome with the most representative monuments, streets and buildings.
The exhibition aims to be a synthesis of the art of the designer-archaeologist, a claim for an artistic and intellectual autonomy of drawing and architectural representation, as means to transmit cultural values and contents by high scientific dissemination.
In the first room, the tables, starting from the visible remains in the city today in the area between the Campidoglio and the Foro Boario, represent a sort of bridge between past and present; the second room is dedicated to important themes such as water, baths, games, large construction sites and construction methods in Roman times, while in the center of the room are displayed sixteen tables selected for their artistic value or for the meaning they had for the author, such as the Vatican Basilica and its evolution over time.
Finally, the exhibition also represents the opportunity for archaeologists Andrea Carandini and Paolo Carafa to present on May 2nd the unpublished volume by Corni Roma, i luoghi del potere - Ink Line Edizioni - with contributions from Mirella Serlorenzi, director of the Baths of Caracalla, Maria Cristina Ronc, director of the Archaeological Museum of Aosta, and Elisabetta Corni.
Photo: detail of the installation
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