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1758 In Architecture
The year 1758 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * Foundations of a new Church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, are begun; the structure will be completed in 1790 by his pupil Jean-Baptiste Rondelet to serve as the Panthéon. Buildings and structures Buildings * Perrott's Folly in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England is completed. * The Shire Hall, Warwick, England, designed by Sanderson Miller, is completed. * The royal water garden of Taman Sari (Yogyakarta) on Java, designed by Tumenggung Mangundipura, is begun. Births * Charles Wyatt, English architect working in India (died 1819) * Approximate date – Francesco Piranesi, Italian-born architectural engraver and architect (died 1810) Deaths * February 10 – Thomas Ripley, English architect (born c.1683) * April 21 – Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (born 1679 Events January–June * January 24 – King Charles II of England dissolves the "Cava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
Jacques-Germain Soufflot (, 22 July 1713 – 29 August 1780) was a French architect in the international circle that introduced neoclassicism. His most famous work is the Panthéon in Paris, built from 1755 onwards, originally as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve. Biography Soufflot was born in Irancy, near Auxerre. In the 1730s he attended the French Academy in Rome, where young French students in the 1750s would later produce the first full-blown generation of Neoclassical designers. Soufflot's models were less the picturesque Baroque being built in modern Rome, as much as the picturesque aspects of monuments of antiquity. After returning to France, Soufflot practiced in Lyon, where he built the ''Hôtel-Dieu'', like a chaste riverside street facade, interrupted by the central former chapel, its squared dome with illusionistic diminishing coffers on the interior. With the Temple du Change, he was entrusted with completely recasting a 16th-century market exchange b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, home to approximately 56% of the Demographics of Indonesia, Indonesian population. Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast. Many of the best known events in Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the centre of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies. Java was also the center of the History of Indonesia, Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s. Java dominates Indonesia politically, economically and culturally. Four of Indonesia's eight UNESCO world heritage sites are located in Java: Ujung Kulon National Park, Borobudur Temple, Prambanan Temple, and Sangiran Early Man Site. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Zerafa
Francesco "Franco" Zerafa ( mt, Franġisk Zerafa, 1679 – 21 April 1758) was a Maltese people, Maltese architect and donor, donato to the Order of St. John, Religion. In 1714, he succeeded Giovanni Barbara as ''Capomastro delle Opere della Religione'', a post which he held until his death. Works He assisted Charles François de Mondion in the designs of Fort Manoel, and was responsible for major decorative additions at the Grandmaster's Palace (Valletta), palace of the Grand Master during the reign of Marc'Antonio Zondadari, Zondadari. He was involved in the decisions over the façade of the Church of St Catherine of the Italian Langue which was designed by Carrapecchia but disputed by then Capomastro Barbara - to later take his role as Capomastro delle Opere della Religione (the principal architect of the Order of St. John) in 1714. Together with Antonio Azzopardi, he oversaw the construction of the Manoel Theatre to designs of Romano Carapecchia in 1731–32. He was one of few l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1680s In Architecture
__TOC__ Buildings and structures * 1680 ** St Clement Danes, London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed. ** Church of San Lorenzo, Turin, designed by Guarino Guarini, is substantially completed. ** Star Building at Windsor Castle and Cassiobury House in England, designed by Hugh May, are completed; and his work on St George's Hall, Windsor Castle, is beginning. * 1681 ** Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare Longhena in 1631, is dedicated. ** Sobieski Royal Chapel in Gdańsk, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is completed. ** Old Ship Church Puritan meeting house in Hingham, Massachusetts, which will become the oldest church building in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States, is erected. ** Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, Aragon, is begun to the design of Francisco Herrera the Younger (completed 1754). * 1682 ** Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed. ** Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ripley (architect)
Thomas Ripley (1682 Yorkshire – 10 February 1758, London) was an English architect. Career He first kept a coffee house in Wood Street, off Cheapside, London and in 1705 was admitted to the Carpenter's Company. An ex-carpenter, he rose by degrees to become an architect and Surveyor in the royal Office of Works. He was influenced by the Palladian style, but never lost his provincial manner, which earned the private derision of Sir John Vanbrugh and the public scorn of Alexander Pope. His works include Houghton Hall for Sir Robert Walpole, which was first designed by the Palladian architects Colen Campbell and William Kent. These designs were greatly altered by Ripley. His appointment in 1715 as Labourer in Trust at the Savoy marked the beginning of his continuous rise through the Office of the King's works. In 1721 he succeeded Grinling Gibbons as "Master Carpenter" and in 1726 he succeeded Vanbrugh as Comptroller of the King's Works, largely to the influence of Walpole. Walpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1810 In Architecture
The year 1810 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * February 10 – Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater, Ukraine, designed by Jean-François Thomas de Thomon, opened. * November 30 – St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Quebec City, Canada inaugurated. Buildings completed * St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally, India (original building). * Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, designed by Tomás Toribio. * Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, Russia, designed by Jean-François Thomas de Thomon, completed. * Commercial Rooms, Bristol, England, designed by Charles Busby. * City hall, Groningen, Netherlands, designed by Jacob Otten Husly in 1775, completed. * Northgate, Chester, England, designed by Thomas Harrison. * Old Market, Dominica. * Gignac Bridge, France, designed by Bertrand Garipuy in 1776, completed by Billoin and Fontenay. Events * Rebuilding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Piranesi
Francesco Piranesi (; 1758/59 – 23 January 1810) was an Italian engraver, etcher and architect. He was the son of the more famous Giovanni Battista Piranesi and continued his series of engravings representing monuments and ancient temples. He worked for a long period in France, where he lived during the French Revolution. Life Francesco Piranesi was born in Rome, the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and his wife, Angela Pasquini. He was instructed in engraving by his father, together with his older sister Laura (1754–1789), also a noted engraver by the time of her early death. He was both engraving his own works of art and assisting his father's work by 1775. He then started to study with other experts: engraving with Giovanni Volpato, landscape painting under the German Jacob Philipp Hackert and his brother Georg and architecture under Pierre-Adrien Pâris. Piranesi accompanied his father on two trips to the ancient Roman ruins in Paestum, Pompei and Erco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1819 In Architecture
The year 1819 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Construction of Karlsborg Fortress in Sweden begins. * Construction of Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg begins. * Sculptural work begins at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin (the modern-day Konzerthaus Berlin), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Casa de la Guerra, Santa Barbara, USA * Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, USA, designed by Alexander Parris and Solomon Willard * Greek-Catholic Church in Giurtelecu Şimleului, Romania (demolished in 1973) * The Plymouth Athenaeum, England, designed by John Foulston (destroyed in 1941) * New Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, designed by Pierre Thomas Baraguay (opened in September) * Vartiovuori Observatory, Turku, Finland Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Félix-Emmanuel Callet and Jean-Baptiste Lesueur. Births * January 20 – Edward Milner, English landscape archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wyatt (architect)
Charles Wyatt (1758 – 13 March 1819) was an English architect and Member of Parliament for Sudbury, Suffolk. Life He was the son of William Wyatt (died 1780, steward to Lord Uxbridge in Staffordshire), nephew to the architects James Wyatt and Samuel Wyatt, and cousin to Sir Jeffry Wyattville. He joined the East India Company in 1780 as a cadet, sailing for India aboard the ship ''Mount Stewart'' on 27 June of the same year, but the ship was captured by the French and Spanish fleets and returned to England. His second attempt to reach India was successful, arriving in 1782. He joined the Bengal Engineers, eventually being promoted in 1800 to captain and commissioner of police. His opportunity to design buildings came in 1798 when The Marquess of Wellesley arrived in Calcutta as Governor-General and selected Wyatt to design the new Government House, Calcutta, which opened in 1803. The design was based on Kedleston Hall. Wyatt also designed alterations to Wellesley's country res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taman Sari (Yogyakarta)
Taman Sari Water Castle, also known as Taman Sari ( Javanese: ), is the site of a former royal garden of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. It is located about 2 km south within the grounds of the Kraton, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Built in the mid-18th century, the Taman Sari had multiple functions, such as a resting area, a workshop, a meditation area, a defense area, and a hiding place. Taman Sari consisted of four distinct areas: a large artificial lake with islands and pavilions located in the west, a bathing complex in the centre, a complex of pavilions and pools in the south, and a smaller lake in the east. Today only the central bathing complex is well preserved, while the other areas have been largely occupied by the ''Kampung Taman'' settlement. Since 2017, the Historical City Centre of Yogyakarta including Taman Sari has been listed as a tentative World Heritage Site. Etymology The name ''Taman Sari'' comes from the Javanese words , meaning a 'garden' or 'park' and , w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790 In Architecture
The year 1790 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * ''date unknown'' – Work begins on the East India Company's Plantation House in Saint Helena, which remains the official residence of the Governor. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * New church of the Abbey of St Genevieve in Paris, designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot and finished by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet, is completed to serve as the Panthéon. * Estrela Basilica in Lisbon. * All Saints church, Wellington, Shropshire, England, designed by George Steuart. * Royal Observatory in Madrid, designed by Juan de Villanueva. * Härnösand Residence in Sweden. * The Pitot House, New Orleans built by Don Santiago Lorreins (bought by James Pitot in 1809). * The John Dodd Hat Shop in Danbury, Connecticut, built by lawyer John Dodd. * The bridge at Warwick Castle, England. * Monmouth County Gaol, UK, designed by William Blackburn. Births * May 4 – Archibald Simpson, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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