Vincenzo Scamozzi

Vincenzo Scamozzi (September 2, 1548 - August 7, 1616) born in Vicenza, Italy, was an architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps the most important figure there between Andrea Palladio and Baldassarre Longhena, Scamozzi's one pupil. Download high resolution version (806x919, 118 KB)In the public domain by age Portrait of Vincenzo Scamozzi, italian architect, by Paolo Veronese. ... Download high resolution version (806x919, 118 KB)In the public domain by age Portrait of Vincenzo Scamozzi, italian architect, by Paolo Veronese. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Events October 25 — Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books... Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monti Berici, straddling the Bacchiglione. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monti Berici, straddling the Bacchiglione. ... Country Italy Region Veneto Province Venice (VE) Mayor Massimo Cacciari (since April 18, 2004) Elevation m Area 412 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 271,251  - Density 646/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Veneziani Dialing code 041 Postal code 30100 Frazioni Chirignago, Favaro Veneto, Mestre... Andrea Palladio. ... Baldassarre Longhena (Venice, 1598 – Venice, 1682), was a 17th century Venetian architect, who worked mainly in Venice itself, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period. ...

His father was the surveyor and building contractor Gian Domenico Scamozzi. He visited Rome, 1579-1580, and then moved to Venice in 1581. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) coordinates: 41°54′N 12°29′E Time Zone: UTC+1 Administration Subdivisions 19 municipi Province Rome Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni ( The Union ) Characteristics Area 1,285 km² Population 2,547,677 (2005 estimate) Density 1983... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ...

Scamozzi's influence spread far beyond his Italian commissions through his treatise, L'Idea della Architettura Universale ("The Universal Idea of Architecture"), which is the last of the Renaissance works on the theory of architecture. It was published with woodcut illustrations at Venice in 1615. Scamozzi also discussed practical building practices. Such treatises were becoming a vehicle for self-promotion, and Scamozzi included many of his own plans and elevations, as built, as they should have been built, and as idealized projects. Scamozzi knew the value of publicity distributed through the established channels of the book trade. Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ...

Previously, his first book had been a quickly cobbled together illustrated commentary on the ruins of Rome,assembled in "the space of a few of days," according to his preface, and the woodcut images were stock productions that already existed. Over half were copied from a volume by Hieronymus Cock that appeared in the 1550s.

His major book came out too late to influence his own success; he died the following year.

Chronology of Works

All but one of the following works are in Italy:

• 1568-1575: Villa of Girolamo Ferramosca, Barbano di Grisignano di Zocco (Province of Vicenza) (with Gian Domenico Scamozzi)
• 1569: Palazzo Godi, Vicenza (project, altered during later execution)
• 1572-1593: Palazzo Thiene-Bonin, Vicenza
• 1574-1615: Villa of Leonardo Verlato, Villaverla (Vicenza)
• 1575: Palazzo Caldogno, Vicenza
• 1575-1578: Rocca Pisani (Vettor Pisani Villa), Lonigo (Vicenza)
• 1576-1579: Trissino-Trento (Pierfranceso Trissino Palace), Vicenza (with Gian Domenico Scamozzi)
• 1580: Villa of Francesco Priuli, Treville di Castelfranco Veneto (Province of Treviso) (north wing)
• 1580-1584: Villa Nani Mocenigo, Canda (Province of Rovigo)
• 1580-1592: Villa Capra "La Rotonda", near Vicenza (completed construction of Andrea Palladio's structure, and added stables)
• 1581-1586: Church of San Gaetano Thiene, Padua
• 1581-1599: Procuratie Nuove, Piazza San Marco, Venice (continued with a different interior design by Francesco Smeraldi and completed in 1663 by Longhena)
• 1582: Palazzo Cividale, Vicenza [attributed]
• 1582-1591: Library of San Marco, Venice (completion of Jacopo Sansovino's design)
• 1584-1585: Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza (remodeling of structure designed by Andrea Palladio, wooden scene)
• 1587-1596: Library of San Marco, Venice (the vestibule, Antisala)
• 1588: Villa Cornaro, Poisolo, Treville di Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso) (reconstruction)
• 1588-1590: Theater for Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga, Sabbioneta (Province of Mantova)
• 1590: Villa of Girolamo Contarini, Loreggia (Padua) (revised in construction)
• 1590-1595: Church of San Nicolò da Tolentino, Venice
• 1591-1593: Statuary of Venice Republic (museum), Venice
• 1591-1594: Monastery of San Gaetano Thiene, Padua
• 1591-1595: Villa of Girolamo Cornaro, Piombino Dese (Province of Padua) (completion) [attributed]
• 1591-1597: Villa Duodo and Chapel of San Giorgio, Monselice (Padua)
• 1592-1616: Palace of Galeazzo Trissino al Corso, Vicenza
• 1594-1600: Villa of Valerio Bardellini, Monfumo
• 1596: Villa of Girolamo Ferretti on the River Brenta, Sambruson del Dolo (Venice)
• 1596-1597: Villa of Girolamo Cornaro, Piombino Dese (Padua) (stable)
• 1597: Villa of Nicolo Molin, Mandria, (Padua)
• 1597: Villa Priuli, Carrara (Padua)
• 1597-1598: Villa Godi, Sarmego di Grumolo delle Abbadesse (Vicenza)
• 1601: Palazzo del Bò, Padua (university facade)
• 1601-1606: San Giacomo di Rialto, Venice (altar of Scuola degli Orefici; with Girolamo Campagna)
• 1601-1636: San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti Church and Hospital, Venice
• 1604-1612: Cathedral of Sts. Rupert and Virgil, Salzburg, Austria (completed in 1614-28 by Santino Solari)
• 1605: Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice (sacristy door; with Alessandro Vittoria)
• 1605-1616: Villa Duodo, Monselice (Padua) (six chapels for Via Romana)
• 1607-1611: San Giorgio Maggiore (church), Venice (completion of Palladio's facade)
• 1607-1616: Villa Cornaro al Paradiso, Venice (twin pavilions)
• 1609: Domenico Trevisan Villa, San Donà di Piave
• 1609-1616: Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni, San Trovaso on the Canal Grande, Venice
• 1614: Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi, Venice (east wing; demolished in 1659 and rebuilt in 1660)

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Bibliography

• Charles Davis, Architecture and Light: Vincenzo Scamozzi’s Statuary Installation in the Chiesetta of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice in Annali di architettura n° 14, Vicenza 2002
• Branko Mitrovic´ and Vittoria Senes, Vincenzo Scamozzi’s Annotations to Daniele Barbaro’s Commentary on Vitruvius’ De Architectura in Annali di architettura n° 14, Vicenza 2002