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Antonio Gaspari was an
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architect of the late-
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, active in both
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and the terrafirma of the
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. He was a pupil of
Baldassarre Longhena Baldassare Longhena (1598 – 18 February 1682) was an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period. His style is characterized by monumentality, skillful use of l ...
, and upon his master's death in 1682, he completed some of his projects, including Longhena's most famous work, the imposing church of
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. He likely died in his homestead in
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, in
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. One of his sons, Giovanni Paolo Gaspari (1712-1775), was a painter active mainly in Germany.


Works

* Santa Maria della Fava,
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*
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, Venice * Santa Sofia, Venice (reconstruction) *
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, Venice (posthumous, left incomplete) *
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, Venice (enlargement) * Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne, Venice (restoration) * Villa Giovanelli Colonna,
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* Duomo Abbaziale di Santa Tecla in
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* Palazzo Capitanale, Lavis (enlargement)


Bibliography

*Elena Bassi, ''Episodi dell'architettura veneta nell'opera di Antonio Gaspari'', Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'Arte, 3, 1963 *Bruno Cogo, ''Antonio Gaspari architetto Veniceno: dati biografici (1656-1723), il suo capolavoro'',
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, Grafica Atestina, 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaspari, Antonio Italian Baroque architects 17th-century Italian architects 18th-century Italian architects