See, Touch, Feel: a Cognitive and Educational Journey through Maquettes

Authors

  • Marco Gaiani Department of Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26375/disegno.14.2024.5

Abstract

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has three dolls’ houses in its collections.
The most famous was realized between 1686 and 1710 by Petronella Oortman, a well-known wealthy heiress of a Dutch silk merchant (fig. 1). The model was made to 1:9 scale and measured 255 × 190 × 78 cm. For its creation, the lady spared no expense, calling on an inordinate number of artisans, painters, carvers, glassblowers, and cabinetmakers who furnished the house with some 700 custom-made pieces, all functional and made from the same materials that would have been used in the construction of their life-size counterparts. The amount spent would have been enough to buy a large house on a canal. [read more]

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Published

2024-06-30

How to Cite

[1]
M. Gaiani, “See, Touch, Feel: a Cognitive and Educational Journey through Maquettes”, diségno, no. 14, pp. 31–44, Jun. 2024.

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Section

Micro Architectures and Mock-ups