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Fontana (surname)
Fontana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: In arts and entertainment Architecture *Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714), an Italian architect *Domenico Fontana (1543–1607), an Italian architect *Giovanni Fontana (architect) (1540–1614), an Italian architect *Jakub Fontana (1710-1773) Polish architect *Luigi Fontana (1827–1908), an Italian sculptor, painter and architect Music *Bill Fontana (b. 1947), an American composer, author of sound sculptures *Carl Fontana (1928–2003), an American jazz trombonist * D.J. Fontana (1931–2018), an American drummer *Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer) (c. 1571–1630), an Italian composer and a violinist *Jimmy Fontana (1934–2013), an Italian composer and singer-songwriter *Julian Fontana (1810–1869), a Polish pianist and composer *Melanie Fontana (b. 1986), an American pop singer *Wayne Fontana (1945–2020), an English pop singer Visual arts *Annibale Fontana (1540–1587), an Italian sculptor and crystal-worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Fontana
Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714) was an Italian architect originating from today's Canton Ticino, who was in part responsible for the classicizing direction taken by Late Baroque Roman architecture. Biography There seems to be no proof that he belonged to the family of famous architects of the same name, which included Domenico Fontana. Born in Brusato, near Como (now part of the town of Novazzano in Canton Ticino, Switzerland), Fontana went to Rome before 1655. He became a draughtsman for the architectural plans of Pietro da Cortona, Carlo Rainaldi, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Bernini employed him for nearly a decade in diverse projects. His first independent project may be the church of San Biagio in Campitelli, completed by 1665. His façade at San Marcello al Corso (1682–83) is described as one of his most successful works. For his patron, Innocent XII, he erected the immense building of the Istituto Apostolico San Michele at Ripa Grande, organized around its church; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fontana (poet)
Giovanni Fontana (born 1946) is an Italian poet, performance artist, author and publisher. Career Fontana was born in Frosinone, Lazio. He has been dealing for forty years with multi-code languages, intermedia techniques, sound poetry and visual poetry.Profile ''A space for live art'' Interested in the relationship between the arts, he came to a new conception of text and theorized the concepts of "pre-textual poetry" and the "epigenetic poetry". His visual compositions present themselves as real scores, as pre-texts through which to attain a performance dimension. From the latter half of the 1960s he has experience of theatre with the dramatic art groups. In 1968 he founded a small experimental theatre company. For theatre he wrote texts and he also worked as scenograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Maria Fontana
Alberto Maria Fontana (born 2 December 1974) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the vast majority of his 18-year senior career as a backup. In Serie A, he represented Torino and Novara, for a total of 25 games. Football career Born in Turin, Fontana started his career at Juventus but played his first seasons as a senior in Serie C1, Serie C2 and Serie D. In mid-1998 he joined Serie B club Hellas Verona F.C. and, the following campaign, he returned to the third division, successively representing A.C. Reggiana 1919 and A.C. Sandonà 1922. In mid-2000 Fontana returned to the second level, signing with A.C. Pistoiese where he served as David Dei's backup. He met the same fate at his new club U.S. Città di Palermo (A.S. Roma's farm team at that time), to Vincenzo Sicignano. In June 2002 Fontana joined Torino F.C. of the top division in a co-ownership deal, in exchange with Gabriele Paoletti. During his seven-year stint, the longest of his care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
