The First Liturgical Adjustments in the Archive of the Central Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art in Italy

Authors

  • Barbara Fiorini Independent researcher (Rome)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2019.6.0.6221

Keywords:

Vatican II, Giovanni Fallani, Sacred Architecture, The Central Papal Commission for Religious Works of Art

Abstract

Since 1924, The Central Papal Commission for Religious Works of Art in Italy, an organ of The Holy See, with advisory and executive functions, has been operating with the aim of protecting and promoting sacred art. More than 6000 projects have been submitted to the Commission over about 60 years.
Giovanni Fallani was the president of this Papal Commission during the Second Vatican Council. He is the drafter of the chapter included in the document Sacrosantum Concilium, concerning the art into the liturgy.
From the fund counting, recently inventoried in the Vatican Secret Archive, we can reconstruct an unpublished cross-section regarding the ways of churches adaptation in the aftermath of the Council. In detail our researches focused on the compliance level of the projects with the liturgy and sacred art precepts by those who had actively participated into the provisions drafting.

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Author Biography

Barbara Fiorini, Independent researcher (Rome)

Barbara Fiorini (1966), graduated in architecture and specialized in restoration. After completing several Master's degrees in topics related to archeology and medieval religious architecture, she has been working in Italy as a freelance in the field of Italian cultural heritage. She has worked with the Sopraintendenza and other public bodies on various cataloging and restoration projects. She has worked with public and private clients for projects of new facilities and the restoration and improvement of existing buildings, including worship buildings. Her last work has been the construction of a temporary church after the Reggio Emilia earthquake. Her interest in the religious architecture of the Novecento goes through research on the contests of new churches during the 20th century in Italy. She is a researcher at the Vatican Secret Archive and the author of several publications on specific cases of restoration of urban archeology and research in the field of contemporary religious architecture.

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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

Fiorini, B. (2019). The First Liturgical Adjustments in the Archive of the Central Pontifical Commission for Sacred Art in Italy. Actas De Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea, 6, 42–49. https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2019.6.0.6221