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'''Tommaso Temanza''' (9 March 1705 – 14 June 1789) was an Italian architect and author of the [[Neoclassicism|Neoclassic]] period. Born in [[Venice]], he was active both in his natal city and the mainland towns of the [[Republic of Venice]]. |
'''Tommaso Temanza''' (9 March 1705 – 14 June 1789) was an Italian architect and author of the [[Neoclassicism|Neoclassic]] period. Born in [[Venice]], he was active both in his natal city and the mainland towns of the [[Republic of Venice]]. |
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His family held bureaucratic posts for the city of Venice. He studied in [[Padua]] with the mathematician and professor [[Giovanni Poleni]]. He apprenticed as an architect under his uncle, [[Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto]]. He helped train [[Matteo Lucchesi]], the uncle of [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Piranesi]]. One of his first jobs was as a proto or chief architecture for the Magistrate of the waterways, a position also held by Lucchesi. Among his works include the church of [[Santa Margherita (Padua)|Santa Margherita]] (circa 1748) in Padua; the private chapel on the grounds of [[Villa Contarini]] located in [[Piazzola sul Brenta]]; and a loggia for [[Ca' Zenobio]] in Venice. His masterpieces are however for churches in Venice, including the cylindrical church of [[Santa Maria Maddalena, Venice|Santa Maria Maddalena]] (where his remains rest), the church of [[San Servolo]] and the chapel Sagredo in [[San Francesco della Vigna]]. The abandoned project for the facade of Ca' Sagredo in Venice. |
His family held bureaucratic posts for the city of Venice. He studied in [[Padua]] with the mathematician and professor [[Giovanni Poleni]]. He apprenticed as an architect under his uncle, [[Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto]]. He helped train [[Matteo Lucchesi]], the uncle of [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Piranesi]]. One of his first jobs was as a proto or chief architecture for the Magistrate of the waterways, a position also held by Lucchesi. Among his works include the church of [[Santa Margherita (Padua)|Santa Margherita]] (circa 1748) in Padua; the private chapel on the grounds of [[Villa Contarini]] located in [[Piazzola sul Brenta]]; and a loggia for [[Ca' Zenobio]] in Venice. His masterpieces are however for churches in Venice, including the cylindrical church of [[Santa Maria Maddalena, Venice|Santa Maria Maddalena]] (where his remains rest), the church of [[San Servolo]] and the chapel Sagredo in [[San Francesco della Vigna]]. The abandoned project for the facade of Ca' Sagredo in Venice. |
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He is best known for his 1778 biography of architects from Venice: ''Vite dei più celebri architetti e scrittori veneziani''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=U_cEAAAAYAAJ& |
He is best known for his 1778 biography of architects from Venice: ''Vite dei più celebri architetti e scrittori veneziani''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=U_cEAAAAYAAJ&q=Tommaso+Temanza ''Vite de più celebri architetti, e scultori Veneziani, qui fiorirono nel Secolo Decimosesto'' Googlebooks, published 1778, Stamperia C. Palese, Venice.]</ref> In 1762, he also wrote a biography of [[Andrea Palladio]] (''Vita di Andrea Palladio'').<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=E0s_AAAAcAAJ&dq=Tommaso+Temanza+Palladio&pg=PA305 Volume 2 of Vite]</ref> |
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[[File:Temanza, Tommaso – Antica pianta dell'inclita citta di Venezia, 1781 – BEIC 11359183.jpg|thumb|left|''Antica pianta dell'inclita citta di Venezia'', 1781]] |
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Tommaso Temanza (9 March 1705 – 14 June 1789) was an Italian architect and author of the Neoclassic period. Born in Venice, he was active both in his natal city and the mainland towns of the Republic of Venice.
Biography
[edit]His family held bureaucratic posts for the city of Venice. He studied in Padua with the mathematician and professor Giovanni Poleni. He apprenticed as an architect under his uncle, Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto. He helped train Matteo Lucchesi, the uncle of Piranesi. One of his first jobs was as a proto or chief architecture for the Magistrate of the waterways, a position also held by Lucchesi. Among his works include the church of Santa Margherita (circa 1748) in Padua; the private chapel on the grounds of Villa Contarini located in Piazzola sul Brenta; and a loggia for Ca' Zenobio in Venice. His masterpieces are however for churches in Venice, including the cylindrical church of Santa Maria Maddalena (where his remains rest), the church of San Servolo and the chapel Sagredo in San Francesco della Vigna. The abandoned project for the facade of Ca' Sagredo in Venice.
He is best known for his 1778 biography of architects from Venice: Vite dei più celebri architetti e scrittori veneziani.[1] In 1762, he also wrote a biography of Andrea Palladio (Vita di Andrea Palladio).[2]
Works
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- Antica pianta dell'inclita citta di Venezia (in Italian). Venezia: Carlo Palese. 1781.
Sources
[edit]- Bibliography
- Negri, Francesco (1830). Notizie intorno alla Persona e all'Opere di Tommaso Temanza Architetto Veneziano. Venice; Googlebooks: Tipografia Fracasso.
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- Notes
