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Gian Battista Zelotti
Giovanni Battista Zelotti (; 1526 – 28 August 1578) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance, active in Venice and her mainland territories. He appears to have been born in Verona, then part of the Venetian mainland, and trained with Antonio Badile and Domenico Riccio, as well as perhaps Titian. Bernasconi claims he trained with his uncle ''Paolo Farinati''. He is called ''Battista da Verona'' by Vasari, and was also known as ''Battista Farinati''. He was a contemporary of Paolo Veronese and shared work in the '' Villa Soranza'' near Castelfranco (1551) and at Venice: the ceiling of the ''Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci'' in the Doge's Palace (1553-4); the Biblioteca Marciana (1556-7), and the Palazzo Trevisan (1557) on Murano. Zelotti came to embody the Veronese tradition on the mainland. He frescoed villas designed by Andrea Palladio, notably Villa Emo and Villa Foscari, where he worked with Bernardino India and Battista Franco: the exact number of Palladian villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Emo Hall West1
A villa is a type of house that was originally an Ancient Rome, ancient Roman upper class country house that provided an escape from urban life. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity, sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as a monastery. They gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages into elegant upper-class country homes. In the early modern period, any comfortable detached house with a garden near a city or town was likely to be described as a villa; most surviving villas have now been engulfed by suburbia. In modern parlance, "villa" can refer to various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban semi-detached double villa to, in some countries, especially around the Mediterranean, residences of above average size in the countryside. Roman Roman villas include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murano
Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was once an independent ''comune'', but is now a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Venice. History Murano was initially settled by the Romans and from the sixth century by people from Altinum and Oderzo. At first, the island prospered as a fishing port and through its production of salt. It was also a centre for trade through the port it controlled on Sant'Erasmo. From the eleventh century, it began to decline as islanders moved to Dorsoduro. It had a Grand Council, like that of Venice, but from the thirteenth century, Murano was ultimately governed by a ''podestà'' from Venice. Unlike the other islands in the Lagoon, Murano minted its own coins. Early in the second millennium hermits of the Camaldolese Order occupied one of the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battaglia Terme
Battaglia Terme () is a town and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Italy, in the province of Padua. Battaglia lies at the easternmost edge of the volcanic Euganean Hills, and has been noted for its warm saline springs and natural vapour grotto since the Middle Ages. History The construction of the navigable Battaglia canal in the early 13th century brought traffic and growth to the town which commanded a central position at the confluence of several canals in the network of barge traffic that linked Este and Padua, the Adriatic, the Lagoon of Venice and the north by means of the Brenta Canal, the canalized Bacchiglione and the Adige. Main sights *Villa Emo-Capodilista: erected in the mid-17th century by Marquis Benedetto Selvatico, the owner of the mineral springs. The castle features several thermal lakes and has been the royal residence of the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III during the first World War. * Castello del Catajo: large castle-residence with internal frescoes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obizzi
The House of Obizzi, which claimed descent from the Frankish Counts of Burgundy, was a prominent Italian noble family of Padua, who amassed great political power and wealth as feudatories of the Este, and is noted as early as the eleventh century. The Marquesses "degli Obizzi del Catajo", ending with the death in 1805 of marquess Tommaso degli Obizzi, were the heads of the great Guelf family. History The Obizzi family is noted for its military triumphs; it even provided a private army to protect the Pope. Tommaso degli Obizzi, who was a general of Pope Urban V and was appointed to a regency council in Ferrara by the dying Alberto d'Este, was the first Italian to be inducted into the Order of the Garter. In the 1570s, Pio Enea degli Obizzi, a wealthy ''condottiero'', constructed the enormous Castello del Catajo in Battaglia Terme, near Padua; he hired the poet Giuseppe Betussi to record a glamorous version of Obizzi family history and had a main floor frescoed by Giovanni Battis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castello Del Catajo
Castello del Catajo is a patrician rural palace near the town of Battaglia Terme, province of Padua, north-eastern Italy built in 1573. History It had its origins in a simple villa that was rebuilt and extravagantly enlarged in the manner of a feudal castle from 1570 onwards by Marquess Pio Enea I degli Obizzi, a member of an Italian noble family of French origin. The house contains a vast cycle of historical battle scenes frescoed in 1571–1572 by Giambattista Zelotti, a pupil of Paolo Veronese. He began with events from the Roman age, culminating with the military triumphs of Pio Enea degli Obizzi, which were recreated in the gardens with tourneys and spectacles. His nephew Pio Enea II enlarged the complex with the grand entrance courtyard, announced by sculptures on high drum pedestals, which is dominated by the Baroque "Elephant" fountain. In the 19th century the estate passed to Francis V, Duke of Modena, who in turn left it to the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palazzo Porto Colleoni Thiene
The Palazzo Porto Colleoni Thiene, also called a villa or castello, is a prominent palace structure in the town center of Thiene. Description The castle has two lateral battlement or tower-like corners, with merlonated roof edges. It was completed by 1476 in the late Gothic style typical of palaces in the Veneto, including the tall columns and ogival windows on the piano nobile. The initial architect was Domenico da Venezia, but the work was completed by Giovanni da Porta. The interior is frescoed by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo and Giovanni Battista Zelotti Giovanni Battista Zelotti (; 1526 – 28 August 1578) was an Italians, Italian Painting, painter of the late Renaissance, active in Venice and her mainland territories. He appears to have been born in Verona, then part of the Venetian mainla .... Oratorio della Natività della Vergine The Oratorio della Natività della Vergine (Oratory of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary), also known as the "Chiesetta Rossa" (Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Caldogno
Villa Caldogno (also known as Caldogno Nordera) is a villa in the Veneto region of Italy, which is attributed to Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. It was built for the aristocratic Caldogno family on their estate in the village of Caldogno near Vicenza. It is also known as the "Villa Nordera" after Dr. Ettore Nordera who owned the property through a large part of the 20th century. History A Latin inscription on the facade (''Angelus Calidonius Luschi Filius MDLXX'') dates the completion of the building to 1570 when it belonged to Angelo Caldogno. However, Angelo's father, Losco Caldogno, appears to have started to build in the 1540s, probably incorporating walls from a pre-existing building. 1570 is possibly the date of the completion of the villa's decorative scheme. The villa is not included in '' I quattro libri dell'architettura'', Palladio's treatise of 1570, in which the architect discussed a number of his creations. However, it is similar to certain villas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Antonio Fasolo
Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1530–1572) was a late Renaissance Italian painter of the Venetian school, active in Vicenza and surroundings. A native of Mandello del Lario, he appears to have trained in the Venice studio of Paolo Veronese. By 1557, he was an independent fresco decorator. He worked at the frescoes of some buildings by Andrea Palladio, like Villa Caldogno (with Giovanni Battista Zelotti), Casa Cogollo, and Palazzo del Capitaniato (his last work). He also decorated with Zelotti the Palazzo Porto Colleoni Thiene at Thiene. In 1572 he died by an incident when he was working at the ceiling of the loggia of the Palazzo del Capitaniato in Vicenza. One of his pupils was Alessandro Maganza. Works Partial listing: *Frescoes in Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza *Frescoes in Villa Sesso Schiavo, Sandrigo (Vicenza) (attributed) *''Portrait of the Valmarana Family'' *''Portrait of Ippolito Porto'', Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza *''Baptism of Saint John'' (''Battesimo di San Giovanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battista Franco
Battista Franco Veneziano (c. 1510 - 1561), baptized Giovanni Battista Franco, was an Italian Mannerism, Mannerist painter and printmaker in etching active in Rome, Urbino, and Venice in the mid 16th century. He is also known as ''il Semolei'' or just Battista Franco. Native to Venice, he came to Rome in his twenties. He painted an allegory of the ''Battle of Montemurlo'' now in the Pitti Palace (1537), and a fresco of the ''Arrest of John the Baptist'' for the San Giovanni Battista Decollato, Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato (1541). From 1545–51 he painted in Urbino. He may have been, along with Girolamo Genga, one of the mentors of Federico Barocci. His painting, in the Mannerist style, was heavily indebted to Michelangelo; but his drawings and etchings have far more verve and originality. He returned to Venice, where he helped fresco the ceiling of the Biblioteca Marciana (library). He painted a series of panels, including a ''Baptism of Christ'' (Palazzi Barbaro, Barbaro c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardino India
Bernardino India (1528–1590) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance, born and mainly active in Verona. Life Born in Verona in 1528, his widowed mother married again in 1545 and Bernardino was then entrusted to his maternal grandparents, Caterina and Bernardino India, and came to take their surname. He is said to have trained with Domenico Riccio. Between 1550 and 1555, he worked with Eliodoro Forbicini on two rooms on the ground floor of the Palazzo Canossa, Verona, Palazzo Canossa in Verona, decorating them with Olympic divinities and Grotesque, grotesques, an extravagant style of ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered at Rome at the end of the fifteenth century and subsequently imitated. In 1552, India moved to Vicenza to decorate the Palazzo Thiene, palace that Marcantonio Thiene had just had built by Andrea Palladio. In 1555, he married Anna degli Stivieri. That same year he collaborated with Felice Brusasorci, Domenico Brusasorci, Domenico's son, in a cycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Foscari
Villa Foscari is a villa in Mira, near Venice, northern Italy, designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The home was constructed by Palladio for two patrician brothers. It was built in the mid 1550s. It is also known as ''La Malcontenta'' ("The Discontented"), a nickname which—according to a legend—it received when the spouse of one of the Foscaris was locked up in the house because she allegedly did not live up to her conjugal duty. Architecture The villa was commissioned by the brothers Nicolò and Alvise (Luigi) Foscari, members of a very famous patrician Venetian family. They are the descendants of Francesco Foscari, one of Venice's most controversial and longest reigning doges. It was built between 1558 and 1560. It is located beside the Brenta canal and is raised on a pedestal, which is characteristic of Palladio's villas. This pedestal is more massive than most of Palladio's villas. The base is 11 feet (3.4 m) high, more than twice the heigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
