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Antonio Brianti
Antonio Brianti (15 April 1739 – 8 May 1787) was an Italian architect, active mainly in his native Parma. He was a pupil of the decorative architect Gaetano Ghidetti. His early years were involved in decorative work, but in 1762, he tied with Filippo Castelli for a first prize in architecture award from the ''Accademia Parmense di Belle Arti''. His winning submission was for a model of a rustic casino on a hillside. He was then rewarded a position for the next decade designing the alterations to the interior of the church of the Steccata, including the monument to Duke Ottavio Farnese. by Giovanni Battista Janelli, Genoa, 1877, pages 83. He also helped, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, Parma is the second most populous city in Emilia-Romagna after Bologna, the region's capital. The city is home to the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the Parma (river), stream of the same name. The district on the west side of the river is ''Oltretorrente'', meaning ''The other side of the stream''. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called ''Parma (shield), Parma''. History Prehistory Parma was already a built-up area in the Bronze Age. In the current position of the city rose a Terramare culture, terramare. The "terramare" (marl earth) were ancient villages built of wood on piles according to a defined scheme and squared form; c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Ghidetti
Gaetano Ghidetti (6 April 1723, in Parma – 22 September 1792, in Parma) was an Italian scenic designer, quadratura painter, and architect. History He trained with his father, a wood and frame artist, and began as a painter of architectural details. He worked on many architectural projects, including the facade of Sant'Uldarico, and the interiors of Sant'Antonio Abate. He is also known for his work as a scenic designer. In 1757, along with Antonio Malagoli, he painted the scenery for three operas: ''La buona figliuola'', ''Catone in Utica'', and ''Issipile''. In 1758, he collaborated with Ruspaggiari to paint the decoration for the French ballet for the opera, ''Recimiro re de' Goti''. Also in that year he decorated the Teatrino Ducale di Colorno. In 1760, he was paid 1548 lire for the scenes of ''I Tindaridi'' by Tommaso Traetta Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta (30 March 1727 – 6 April 1779), was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippo Castelli
Filippo is an Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English name Philip, from the Greek ''Philippos'', meaning "horse lover".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Philip" Retrieved on 23 January 2016. The female variant is Filippa. The name may refer to: *Filippo I Colonna (1611–1639), Italian nobleman *Filippo II Colonna (1663–1714), Italian noblemen *Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715), Italian painter *Filippo Baldinucci (1624–1697), Italian historian *Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446), Italian architect * Filippo Carli (1876–1938), Italian sociologist *Filippo Castagna (1765–1830), Maltese politician *Filippo Coarelli (born 1936), Italian archaeologist *Filippo Coletti (1811–1894), Italian singer *Filippo di Piero Strozzi (1541–1582), French general *Filippo Salvatore Gilii (1721–1789), Italian priest and linguist *Filippo Grandi (born 1957), Italian diplomat *Filippo Illuminato (1930–1943), Italian partisan, recipient of the Gold Medal of Military Valo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctuary Of Santa Maria Della Steccata
The Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata is a Greek-cross design Renaissance church in central Parma, Italy. The name derives from the fence () in the church. A Nursing Madonna is enshrined within, crowned on 27 May 1601 by a Marian devotee, Fray Giacomo di Forli of the Capuchin order. Pope Benedict XVI raised the Marian sanctuary to the status of Basilica minor on 9 February 2008. History By 1492, the Knights of Malta built a small oratory here to house a putatively miraculous icon depicting Saint John the Baptist. It became associated with a religious confraternity in a neighboring house that had the image of the ''Madonna and Child'', mentioned above, on the facade. Rumors of miracles performed by this image led to masses flocking to the site. This required the erection of a picket fence or stockade (''steccato'') around the icon, hence giving the image its name. The Papal bull dated 1 March 1493 by Pope Alexander VI mentions the image by this name. The popularity of the ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottavio Farnese, Duke Of Parma
Ottavio Farnese (9 October 1524 – 18 September 1586) reigned as Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1547 until his death and Duke of Castro from 1545 to 1547 and from 1553 until his death. Biography Born in Valentano, Ottavio was the second son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (eldest son of Pope Paul III) by his wife Gerolama Orsini. Ottavio's brother was Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese. On 4 November 1538 Ottavio married Margaret of Austria, the illegitimate daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Ottavio was 14 years old, while Margaret, recently widowed by the death of Alessandro de' Medici, was 15. At first she disliked her youthful bridegroom, but when he returned wounded from an expedition to Algiers in 1541 her aversion was turned to affection. Ottavio had become lord of Camerino in 1540, but he gave up that fief when his father became duke of Parma in 1545. After the Parmesan nobility assassinated Pierluigi Farnese in 1547, troops of the Emperor oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piacenza Cathedral
Piacenza Cathedral (), fully the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Piacenza, Italy. The current structure was built between 1122 and 1233 and is one of the most valuable examples of a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque cathedral in northern Italy. The dedication is to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and to Justina of Padua, Saint Justina. It is the seat of the diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio. Architecture The cathedral has a total external length of 85 m, and a façade height of 32 m, dimensions which make it the largest Romanesque church in Emilia-Romagna. The façade, in Veronese pink marble and gilded stone, is horizontally divided by a gallery that dominates the three portals, decorated with capitals and Romanesque statues. The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided by twenty-five massive pillars. Its noteworthy frescoes were made in the 14th-16th centuries by Camillo Procaccini and Ludovico Carracci, while the fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sepolcro (Parma)
San Sepolcro is a Roman Catholic church in central Parma, Italy. History While a church at the site is documented from the 12th-century, the church on the present layout was built circa 1257 in a Gothic-style. It would have been located then outside of the medieval walls of Parma. The structure underwent various refurbishments, with the facade decoration in a more classical style was added during 1505-1506, work attributed to Bartolomeo Pradesoli and Jacopo di Modena. The nave and the flank facing Strada della Repubblica was not completed in its present Neoclassic style until the 1700s. The 1616 bell-tower is attributed to the architects Malosso or Simone Moschino. The top was not added till 1753. The wooden ceiling was carved between 1613 and 1617 by Lorenzo Zaniboni and Giacomo Trioli. The canvases of various saints in the interior are attributed to the studio of Lionello Spada. The stations of the Via Crucis were sculpted by Giuseppe Carra. The choir ceiling was frescoed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Giuseppe, Parma
San Giuseppe is a Baroque church in Parma. The church was built from 1626 to 1666 under the designs of Girolamo Rainaldi. Work was interrupted by the plague affecting the city. The façade was completed in 1782 from a design by Antonio Brianti. The interior has canvases featuring ''St Cecilia'' by Paolo Ferrari and ''John the Baptist and S. Francesco di Sales'' by Giuseppe Peroni, paintings acquired after the suppression of the parochial church of Santa Cecilia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Giuseppe Parma Giuseppe Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Josephus, Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppa or Giuseppina (given name), Giuseppina. People wit ... Baroque architecture in Parma 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1666 1666 establishments in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1739 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean. * January 3 – A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China killing 50,000 people. * February 24 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. * March 20 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi, India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor. April–June * April 7 – English highwayman Dick Turpin is executed by hanging for horse theft. * May 12 – John Wesley lays the foundation stone of the New Room, Bristol in England, the world's first Methodist meeting house. * June 13 – (June 2 Old Style); The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1787 Deaths
Events January–March * January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase of land for the seat of Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to Pittsboro), for William Pitt the Younger. * January 11 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. * January 19 – Mozart's '' Symphony No. 38'' is premièred in Prague. * February 2 – Arthur St. Clair of Pennsylvania is chosen as the new President of the Congress of the Confederation.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167 * February 4 – Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts fails. * February 21 – The Confederation Congress sends word to the 13 states that a convention will be held in Philadelphia on May 14 to revise the Articles of Confederation. * February 28 – A charter is granted, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Italian Architects
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
