Matteo Carnilivari or Carnelivari was an Italian architect active mainly from 1487 to 1493 in

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

, Sicily.

Biography

The notable architect of 15th-century Sicily is known for works that show the influences of

International Gothic International Gothic is a period of Gothic art that began in Burgundy, France, and northern Italy in the late 14th and early 15th century. It then spread very widely across Western Europe, hence the name for the period, which was introduced by the ...

with Norman-Swabian motifs influenced by Catalan art and of the new Renaissance style. Among his main works are two palaces in Palermo: the

Palazzo Abatellis Palazzo Abatellis (also known as Palazzo Patella) is a palazzo in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Kalsa quarter. It is home to the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, the Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region. History The pala ...

built 1487 - 1493 with a medieval side-tower and the Palazzo Aiutamicristo built 1490 - 1495 with its Spanish-style courtyard. The design of the church of Santa Maria della Catena has been attributed to him by its similarities with his other designs.

Designs

* ''Castello Chiaromontano'' or castello dell'Emiro (1487-1488) in

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, owned by Guglielmo Ajutamicristo. * ''Madonna della Vittoria'' church: rebuilt in 1488, and now part of the Oratorio dei Bianchi complex. * ''Regia Cancelleria'' (1489) head of completion works. * Palazzo of the baron of Sant'Angelo Muxaro (1490) in

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. * ''Castello Vvevo'' (1494) in Augusta, Italy, headed restoration works Salvatore Cardella, ''L'architettura di Matteo Carnalivari'', Palermo, 1936.

References

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