Camillo Boito

Camillo Boito (October 30, 1836 - June 28, 1914) was an Italian architect, engineer and art historian. He taught at the Venice School of Fine Arts, and was a noted art critic and novelist. Image File history File links Ritratto. ... Image File history File links Ritratto. ... is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Biography

Boito was born in Rome. Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5...

He studied in Padua and then architecture at the Accademia (School of Fine Arts) in Venice. During his time there, he was influenced by Selvatico Estense, an architect who championed the study of medieval art in Italy. He taught architecture at the School of Fine Arts until 1856 when he moved to Tuscany. Padua, Italy, (Italian: IPA: , Latin: Patavium, Venetian: ) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, the economic and communications hub of the region. ... The Accademia di Belle Arti is Venice’s school of art and is uniformly known throughout Venice as the Accademia. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ...

During his extensive work restoring ancient buildings, he tried to reconcile the conflicting views of his contemporaries on architectural restoration, notably those of Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and John Ruskin. Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (Paris, January 27, 1814 - Lausanne 1879) was a French architect, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. ... Upper: Steel-plate engraving of Ruskin as a young man, made circa 1845, scanned from print made circa 1895. ...

Boito is perhaps most famous for his restoration of the Church and Campanile of Santi Maria e Donato at Murano, inspired by the theories and techniques of Viollet-Le-Duc. He also worked on the Porta Ticinese in Milan between 1856-1858 and famed Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua in 1899. A shop with boats, Murano Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... The Basilica of SantAntonio da Padova. ... Padua, Italy, (Italian: IPA: , Latin: Patavium, Venetian: ) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, the economic and communications hub of the region. ...

Other architectural designs include Gallarate Hospital (in Gallarate, Italy) and a school in Milan. In the early 1900s, Boito helped shape Italian laws protecting historical monuments. Gallarate is a town of Lombardy, Italy, in the Province of Milan, from which it is 25 miles NW by rail. ...

He also wrote several collections of short stories, including a psychological horror short story titled A Christmas Eve, a tale of incestious obsession and necrophilia, which bears a striking similarity to Edgar Allan Poe's Berenice. Around 1882 he wrote his most famous novella, Senso, a disturbing tale of sexual decadence. In 1954, Senso was memorably adapted for the screen by Italian director Luchino Visconti and then, later, in 2002 into a more sexually disturbing adaptation by Tinto Brass. Another story, A Body, has recently been adapted into an opera by the Greek composer Charalampos Goyios. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Incest is sexual activity between two persons related by close kinship. ... Look up Necrophilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... Berenice is a short horror story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the Southern Literary Messenger in 1835. ... Senso is an Italian novella by Camillo Boito, a famous Italian author and architect. ... Luchino Visconti. ... Giovanni Brass (born March 26, 1933), better known as Tinto Brass, is one of the most well-known and controversial Italian filmmakers. ... The Body is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the collection Different Seasons (1982) with the subtitle Fall from innocence. ...

Boito died in Milan in 1914.

Arrigo Boito, Camillo's younger brother, was a noted poet and librettist. Arrigo Boito (February 24, 1842 – June 10, 1918) was an Italian poet, successful journalist, novelist and composer, best known today for his opera libretti and his own opera, Mefistofele. ...