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Giovanni Fontana (sculptor)
Giovanni Fontana may refer to: *Giovanni Fontana (engineer) (c. 1395–c. 1455), Venetian physician and engineer who portrayed himself as a magus *Giovanni Fontana (architect) (1540–1614), Dominican friar and late-Mannerist architect, brother of Domenico Fontana *Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Ferrara) (1537–1611), Roman Catholic bishop *Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Cesena) (1697–1716), Roman Catholic bishop *Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter) (1524–1587), Italian painter and engraver *Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer) (c. 1571–1630), Italian Baroque composer and violinist *Giovanni Maria Fontana Giovanni Maria Fontana (''c''1670 – after 1712) was an Italian-Swiss architect, born in Lugano, who worked in Russia. Alleged to be a relative of the famous Roman architect Carlo Fontana, Giovanni Maria or Francesco Fontana arrived in the R ... (c. 1670–after 1712), Italian-Swiss architect who worked in Russia * Giovanni Fontana (sculptor) (1821–1893), Italian-born scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fontana (engineer)
Giovanni Fontana, also known as Johannes de Fontana (ca. 1395 – ca. 1455) was a fifteenth-century Italian physician and engineer. He was born in Venice in the 1390s and attended the University of Padua, where he received his degree in arts in 1418 and his degree in medicine in 1421. University records list him as "Master John, son of Michael de la Fontana". His most famous promoter at the University was the scholastic Paul of Venice. He tells us that the Doge of Venice sent him to Brescia to deliver a message to the condottiere Francesco Carmagnola. He was also employed as the municipal physician by the city of Udine. Works Fontana composed treatises on a diverse array of topics, including measurement of heights or depths by falling stones. We have early works of his on water-clocks (with wheels), sand-clocks and measurement. Fontana studied trigonometric measurements, mentioned in ''De trigono balistario'', and through his own designed instrument, also explained in a larger tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fontana (architect)
Giovanni Fontana ( Melide, 1540 – Rome, 1614) was a Dominican friar and late-Mannerist architect, as well as brother of Domenico Fontana. Fontana built one of the most important rural villas of the Roman Campagna in 1601-1605 for the Aldobrandini family. Castello di Torrenova was originally a medieval farmhouse that Fontana enlarged and embellished with Renaissance details and crenellated walls. Next to the castle a small late Renaissance church was built for Saint Clement, the patron saint of the Aldobrandini Pope, Clement VIII. He also undertook some engineering projects, such as the draining of the Rieti Valley which was commissioned to him by pope Clement VIII Pope Clement VIII ( la, Clemens VIII; it, Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1592 to his death in March 1605. Born ... in 1596. References External linksGiovanni Baglione, Giovann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fontana (bishop Of Ferrara)
Giovanni Fontana (1537 – 5 July 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ferrara (1590–1611) ''(in Latin)'' and Titular Bishop of ''Nicopolis in Palaestina'' (1589–1590). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Giovanni Fontana was born in Vignola, Italy in 1537. On 11 September 1589, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Coadjutor Bishop of Ferrara and Titular Bishop of '' Nicopolis in Palaestina'' On 11 September 1589, he was consecrated bishop by Gaspare Visconti, Archbishop of Milan, with Gerolamo Ragazzoni, Bishop of Bergamo, and Ludovico Taverna, Bishop of Lodi, serving as co-consecrators. On 7 August 1590, he succeeded as Bishop of Ferrara. He served as Bishop of Ferrara until his death on 5 July 1611. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alfonso Paleotti, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna (1591); and the principal co-consecrator of Orazio Giraldi, Bishop of Comacchio (1592), and Camillo Beccio, Bishop of Acqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fontana (bishop Of Cesena)
Giovanni Fontana (1644 – 2 March 1716) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cesena (1697–1716). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Giovanni Fontana was born in Modigliana, Italy in 1644."Bishop Giovanni Fontana" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 On 3 June 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of as . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter)
Giovanni Battista Fontana (1524 – 25 September 1587) was an Italian painter and engraver. Fontana's training made use of the paintings of masters such as Titian and Veronese. His artistic output in Austria which is recorded from 1562, included major work on altarpieces, with countless sketches and engravings. With the assistance of his brother, Giulio Fontana, he painted frescoes in the chapel of Schloß Kaiser-Ebersdorf in Vienna in 1562. Fontana was born at Ala near Verona, but settled in Innsbruck in 1573. In 1575 he was appointed court painter to Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. He worked on frescoes for the oratory of the Hofkirche, the Spheristerion in 1573, the Silberne Kapelle which had been built by Giulio Fontana and where he painted 14 scenes of the Passion in 1576 and lastly decorated a castle chamber in 1578. Between 1583 and 1584 he set to work on the ceiling of the dining-hall of Schloss Ambras, depicting Allegories of the Zodiac, the Elements and the Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer)
Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589–1630) was an early Baroque Italian composer and violinist. Fontana was born in Brescia, and worked there and in Rome, Venice, and Padua. He died in Padua during the plague of 1629–31. Nearly all information on Fontana comes from the preface by Fr. Giovanni Battista Reghino to his posthumously published 18 (sometimes incorrectly stated 12) sonatas (''Sonate a 1.2.3. per il violino, o cornetto, fagotto, chitarone, violoncino o simile altro istromento'', Venice: Bartolomeo Magni, 1641). They are among the earliest sonatas of this form, consisting of six sonatas for solo violin/ cornetto with continuo and 12 sonatas for one to three violins and continuo, the latter group often including a demanding concertante part for bassoon or cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four string ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Maria Fontana
Giovanni Maria Fontana (''c''1670 – after 1712) was an Italian-Swiss architect, born in Lugano, who worked in Russia. Alleged to be a relative of the famous Roman architect Carlo Fontana, Giovanni Maria or Francesco Fontana arrived in the Russian port of Arkhangelsk from Denmark in 1703. He worked in Moscow until 1710 when he moved to the newly founded city of Saint Petersburg. Nothing is known about him after 1712 (when he apparently left Russia). Fontana's most prominent commissions were those from Prince Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izho ..., to build his various palaces, notably Oranienbaum. He often worked in tandem with Johann Gottfried Schädel. Some of his designs were apparently plagiarized from architectural textbooks of the day.Т. А. Га ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fontana (sculptor)
Giovanni Fontana may refer to: *Giovanni Fontana (engineer) (c. 1395–c. 1455), Venetian physician and engineer who portrayed himself as a magus *Giovanni Fontana (architect) (1540–1614), Dominican friar and late-Mannerist architect, brother of Domenico Fontana *Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Ferrara) (1537–1611), Roman Catholic bishop *Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Cesena) (1697–1716), Roman Catholic bishop *Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter) (1524–1587), Italian painter and engraver *Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer) (c. 1571–1630), Italian Baroque composer and violinist *Giovanni Maria Fontana Giovanni Maria Fontana (''c''1670 – after 1712) was an Italian-Swiss architect, born in Lugano, who worked in Russia. Alleged to be a relative of the famous Roman architect Carlo Fontana, Giovanni Maria or Francesco Fontana arrived in the R ... (c. 1670–after 1712), Italian-Swiss architect who worked in Russia * Giovanni Fontana (sculptor) (1821–1893), Italian-born scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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