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'''Ernesto Basile''' (31 January 1857 &ndash; 26 August 1932, in Palermo) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[architect]] and an exponent of [[modernisme]] and [[Liberty style]], the Italian variant of [[Art Nouveau]]. His style was known for its eclectic fusion of ancient, medieval and modern elements.<ref name="arch">{{Citation |author=Terry Kirk |title=The architecture of modern Italy |year=2005 |publisher=Princeton Architectural Press |isbn=1-56898-438-3 }}</ref>

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'''Ernesto Basile''' (January 31, 1857, in [[Palermo]], died August 26, 1932, in Palermo) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[architect]] and an exponent of [[modernism]] and [[Art Nouveau]]. He became well-known because of his stylistic fusion of ancient, medieval and modern elements.<ref name="arch">{{Citation
|author=Terry Kirk |title=The architecture of modern Italy |year=2005 |publisher=Princeton Architectural Press |isbn=1568984383 }}</ref> He was one of the pioneers of [[Art Nouveau]] in Italy.<ref name="arch"/>


== Life ==
== Life ==
He was born on January 31, 1857 in [[Palermo]]. His father Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile was also an architect and a professor at the [[University of Palermo]]. Ernesto graduated in 1878 as an architect in Palermo in the Royal School of Engineering and Architecture ({{lang-it|Regia Scuola di Applicazione per Ingegneri e Architetti}}).<ref name="ohh">{{Citation |author=Gennaro Postiglione |title=100: one hundred houses for one hundred European architects of the twentieth century |year=2004 |page=36 |publisher=Taschen |isbn=3822863122 }}</ref> During the 1880s he lived in Rome. There in 1887 he married Ida Negrini and became assistant professor at the [[Sapienza University of Rome|University of Rome]].<ref name="ohh" /> In the following years he was appointed professor of technical architecture in the University of Rome. At that period of his life he travelled in Brazil and in Spain. In 1890 he succeeded his father Giovanni, who died in 1891, as a professor of architecture.<ref name="ohh" /> Ernesto Basile died on August 26, 1932 in Palermo.
He was born in Palermo to a father [[Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile]] was also an architect and a professor at the [[University of Palermo]]. Ernesto graduated in 1878 as an architect in Palermo in the Royal School of Engineering and Architecture ({{langx|it|Regia Scuola di Applicazione per Ingegneri e Architetti}}).<ref name="ohh">{{Citation |author=Gennaro Postiglione |title=100: one hundred houses for one hundred European architects of the twentieth century |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/onehundredhouses0000unse/page/36 36] |publisher=Taschen |isbn=3-8228-6312-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/onehundredhouses0000unse/page/36 }}</ref> During the 1880s he lived in Rome. There in 1887 he married Ida Negrini and became assistant professor at the [[Sapienza University of Rome|University of Rome]].<ref name="ohh" /> In the following years he was appointed professor of technical architecture in the University of Rome. At that period of his life he travelled in Brazil and in Spain. In 1890 he succeeded his father Giovanni, who died in 1891, as a professor of architecture.<ref name="ohh"/> Ernesto Basile died on 26 August 1932 in Palermo.


== Career ==
== Career ==
After graduation Basile took part in many architecture competitions. Ernesto Basile created a stylistic hybrid consisting of Roman, Norman and Arab influences. His father had started the construction of the opera house [[Teatro Massimo|Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele]] in Palermo on January 12, 1874 but it was stopped for eight years from 1882 until 1890. From 1891 until the completion of the project on May 16, 1897 Basile was the supervising architect of the building.<ref name="ohh" /> In 1881 Basile took part in a competition held by [[Francesco Crispi]] the [[President of the Council of Ministers of Italy]], regarding the reconstruction of [[Palazzo Montecitorio]], seat of the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]].<ref name="arch"/> In 1903 his project for the new parliamentary hall was selected and presented by the [[Prime Minister of Italy]] [[Giovanni Giolitti]].<ref name="arch"/> Basile fused the [[Roman architecture|Roman classicist]] and [[Baroque]] elements of the building with [[Art Nouveau]] imagery.<ref name="arch"/> The construction of the Italian parliament in the [[Art Nouveau]] style was one of the most important moments of early modernism in architecture.<ref name="arch"/> It was completed in 1927. In 1911 he was the architect of the contsruction of the town hall of [[Reggio Calabria]].<ref name="ohh" /> From 1907 until 1912 he built the Palazzo della ''Cassa Centrale di Risparmio in Palermo''.<ref name="ohh" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comune.palermo.it/siti_esteri/english/old_city.htm|title=Official government website of Palermo}}
After graduation Basile took part in many architecture competitions. Ernesto Basile created a stylistic hybrid consisting of Roman, Norman and Arab influences. His father had started the construction of the opera house [[Teatro Massimo|Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele]] in Palermo on 12 January 1874 but it was stopped for eight years from 1882 until 1890. From 1891 until the completion of the project on 16 May 1897 Basile was the supervising architect of the building.<ref name="ohh" /> In 1881 Basile took part in a competition held by [[Francesco Crispi]] the [[President of the Council of Ministers of Italy]], regarding the reconstruction of [[Palazzo Montecitorio]], seat of the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]].<ref name="arch"/> In 1903 his project for the new parliamentary hall was selected and presented by the [[Prime Minister of Italy]] [[Giovanni Giolitti]].<ref name="arch"/> Basile fused the [[Roman architecture|Roman classicist]] and [[Baroque]] elements of the building with [[Art Nouveau]] imagery.<ref name="arch"/> The construction of the Italian parliament in the [[Art Nouveau]] style was one of the most important moments of early modernism in architecture.<ref name="arch"/> It was completed in 1927. In 1911 he was the architect of the construction of the town hall of [[Reggio Calabria]].<ref name="ohh" /> From 1907 until 1912 he built the ''Palazzo della [[Cassa centrale di risparmio Vittorio Emanuele per le province siciliane|Cassa Centrale di Risparmio]]'' in Palermo.<ref name="ohh" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comune.palermo.it/siti_esteri/english/old_city.htm |title=Official government website of Palermo |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107122434/http://www.comune.palermo.it/siti_esteri/english/old_city.htm |archivedate=January 7, 2009 }}</ref> In 1913-14 he built the Kursaal Biondo theatre, which had asymmetrical Baroque elements, in Palermo.<ref name="ohh" />
</ref> In 1913-14 he built the Kursaal Biondo theatre, which had asymmetrical Baroque elements, in Palermo.<ref name="ohh" />


==Notable works==
==Notable works==
[[Image:Palermo-Teatro-Massimo-bjs2007-02.jpg|thumb|300px|Teatro Massimo in Palermo]]
[[Image:Palermo-Teatro-Massimo-bjs2007-02.jpg|thumb|300px|Teatro Massimo in Palermo]]
[[File:Villino Florio.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Villino Florio in [[Palermo]] (1899-1902)]]
*Villino Basile in collaboration with his father Giovanni Basile, 1874-78.
*''Villino Basile'' in collaboration with his father Giovanni Basile, 1874–78.
*National Exhibition in [[Palermo]], in [[Arab-Norman culture|Arab-Norman style]], 1891-92.
*National Exhibition in [[Palermo]], in [[Arab-Norman culture|Arab-Norman style]], 1891–92.
*Memmorial in [[Calatafimi-Segesta]], in order to commemorate the victory of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] against the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]]s, 1892.
*Memorial in [[Calatafimi-Segesta]], in order to commemorate the victory of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] against the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]]s, 1892.
*[[Teatro Massimo]] in Palermo, 1891-97.<ref name="ohh" />
*''[[Teatro Massimo]]'' in Palermo, 1891–97.<ref name="ohh" />
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*Villa Firriato in [[Canicattì]], 1898.
*[https://www.palazzofrancavilla.com/en/history/ ''Palazzo Francavilla''], renovation, 1893
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*''Villa Firriato'' in [[Canicattì]], 1898.
*Social theatre in [[Canicattì]], 1898.
*Social theatre in [[Canicattì]], 1898.
*Florio Vincenzo villa in Palermo, 1899.
*Florio Vincenzo villa in Palermo, 1899.
*Grand Hotel Villa Igiea in Palermo, 1899-1900.
*[[Villa Igiea|Grand Hotel Villa Igiea]] in Palermo, 1899–1900.
*Villino Florio in Palermo, 1899-1902.
*[[Villino Florio]] in Palermo, 1899–1902.
*''Tomba Raccuglia'' in Palermo, 1900.
*''Tomba Raccuglia'' in Palermo, 1900.
*''Cappella Lanza di Scalea'', 1900.
*''Cappella Lanza di Scalea'', 1900.
*[[Palazzo Montecitorio]], seat of the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]] in Rome, 1903-27.<ref name="ohh" />
*''[[Palazzo Montecitorio]]'', seat of the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]] in Rome, 1903–27.<ref name="ohh" />
*Villino Fassini in Palermo, 1903.
*''Villino Fassini'' in Palermo, 1903.
*Villino Ida (named after his wife Ida Negrini), 1903-04.<ref name="arch"/>
*[[Villino Ida Basile]] (named after his wife Ida Negrini), 1903–04.<ref name="arch"/>
*Villa dei Principi Deliella, 1905-07.
*''Villa dei Principi Deliella'', 1905–07.
*''Stand Florio'' in Palermo, 1906.
*''Stand Florio'' in Palermo, 1906.
*Municipal Hall of [[Licata]], 1906.
*Municipal Hall of [[Licata]], 1906.
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*Florio Pavilion in [[Milan]], 1906.
*Florio Pavilion in [[Milan]], 1906.
*Centre of electric power in [[Caltagirone]], 1907.
*Centre of electric power in [[Caltagirone]], 1907.
*Expansion of Grand Hotel in Palermo, 1907.
*Expansion of [[Grand Hotel et des Palmes|Grand Hotel in Palermo]], 1907.
*''Palazzo della Cassa Centrale di Risparmio'' in Palermo, 1907-12.
*''Palazzo della Cassa Centrale di Risparmio'' in Palermo, 1907–12.
*Square of the Sardinian in [[Messina]], 1909.<ref name="arch"/>
*Square of the Sardinian in [[Messina]], 1909.<ref name="arch"/>
*Villa Manganelli in [[Catania]], 1909-14.
*''Villa Manganelli'' in [[Catania]], 1909–14.
*''Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali Venezia'' in Palermo, 1912.
*Town hall of [[Reggio Calabria]], 1911.<ref name="arch"/>
*Kursaal Biondo theatre in Palermo, 1913-14.<ref name="arch"/>
*Town Hall of [[Reggio Calabria]], 1918–21.<ref name="arch"/>
*Kursaal Biondo theatre in Palermo, 1913–14.<ref name="arch"/>
*Municipal building in [[Reggio Calabria]], 1918-21.
*''Cassa di Risparmio'' in Messina, 1926-27.
*''Cassa di Risparmio'' in Messina, 1926–27.
*Church of Saint Rosalia in Palermo, 1928.
*Church of Saint Rosalia in Palermo, 1928.


== Writings ==
== Writings ==
* Sculptures and plasters of Giacomo Serpotta ({{lang-it|Le sculture e gli stucchi di Giacomo Serpotta}}), 1911.<ref name="ghj">{{Citation |author=Gianni Pirrone |title=Studies and sketches of Ernesto Basile |year=1976 |publisher=Sellerio }}</ref>
* Sculptures and plasters of Giacomo Serpotta ({{langx|it|Le sculture e gli stucchi di Giacomo Serpotta}}), 1911.<ref name="ghj">{{Citation |author=Gianni Pirrone |title=Studies and sketches of Ernesto Basile |year=1976 |publisher=Sellerio }}</ref>
* Architecture and the beginnings of its renewal ({{lang-it|Architettura dei suoi principii e del suo rinnovamento}}), 1882.<ref name="ghj"/>
* Architecture and the beginnings of its renewal ({{langx|it|Architettura dei suoi principii e del suo rinnovamento}}), 1882.<ref name="ghj"/>


== References ==
== References ==
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| DATE OF DEATH = August 26, 1932
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Ernesto Basile
Ernesto Basile
Born(1857-01-31)31 January 1857
Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died26 August 1932(1932-08-26) (aged 75)
Palermo, Kingdom of Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forArchitecture
Notable workTeatro Massimo, Palazzo Montecitorio
MovementArt Nouveau

Ernesto Basile (31 January 1857 – 26 August 1932, in Palermo) was an Italian architect and an exponent of modernisme and Liberty style, the Italian variant of Art Nouveau. His style was known for its eclectic fusion of ancient, medieval and modern elements.[1]

Life

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He was born in Palermo to a father Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile was also an architect and a professor at the University of Palermo. Ernesto graduated in 1878 as an architect in Palermo in the Royal School of Engineering and Architecture (Italian: Regia Scuola di Applicazione per Ingegneri e Architetti).[2] During the 1880s he lived in Rome. There in 1887 he married Ida Negrini and became assistant professor at the University of Rome.[2] In the following years he was appointed professor of technical architecture in the University of Rome. At that period of his life he travelled in Brazil and in Spain. In 1890 he succeeded his father Giovanni, who died in 1891, as a professor of architecture.[2] Ernesto Basile died on 26 August 1932 in Palermo.

Career

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After graduation Basile took part in many architecture competitions. Ernesto Basile created a stylistic hybrid consisting of Roman, Norman and Arab influences. His father had started the construction of the opera house Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele in Palermo on 12 January 1874 but it was stopped for eight years from 1882 until 1890. From 1891 until the completion of the project on 16 May 1897 Basile was the supervising architect of the building.[2] In 1881 Basile took part in a competition held by Francesco Crispi the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, regarding the reconstruction of Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.[1] In 1903 his project for the new parliamentary hall was selected and presented by the Prime Minister of Italy Giovanni Giolitti.[1] Basile fused the Roman classicist and Baroque elements of the building with Art Nouveau imagery.[1] The construction of the Italian parliament in the Art Nouveau style was one of the most important moments of early modernism in architecture.[1] It was completed in 1927. In 1911 he was the architect of the construction of the town hall of Reggio Calabria.[2] From 1907 until 1912 he built the Palazzo della Cassa Centrale di Risparmio in Palermo.[2][3] In 1913-14 he built the Kursaal Biondo theatre, which had asymmetrical Baroque elements, in Palermo.[2]

Notable works

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Teatro Massimo in Palermo
Villino Florio in Palermo (1899-1902)

Writings

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  • Sculptures and plasters of Giacomo Serpotta (Italian: Le sculture e gli stucchi di Giacomo Serpotta), 1911.[4]
  • Architecture and the beginnings of its renewal (Italian: Architettura dei suoi principii e del suo rinnovamento), 1882.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Terry Kirk (2005), The architecture of modern Italy, Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 1-56898-438-3
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Gennaro Postiglione (2004), 100: one hundred houses for one hundred European architects of the twentieth century, Taschen, p. 36, ISBN 3-8228-6312-2
  3. ^ "Official government website of Palermo". Archived from the original on January 7, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Gianni Pirrone (1976), Studies and sketches of Ernesto Basile, Sellerio
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