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Longhi Family
Longhi may refer to: * Alessandro Longhi (1733–1813), painter * Alessandro Longhi (footballer) (born 1989), Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Padova * Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), painter, daughter of Luca * Damiano Longhi (born 1966), footballer * Giulia Longhi (born 1993), Italian softball player * Jhonatan Longhi (born 1988), skier * Luca Longhi (1507–1580), painter, father of Barbara * Martino Longhi the Elder (1534–1591), architect * Martino Longhi the Younger (1602–1660), architect * Onorio Longhi (1568–1619), architect * Pietro Longhi (1701–1785 or 1702–1785), painter * Roberto Longhi (1890–1970), Italian academic and art historian * Giuseppe Longhi (1766–1831), Italian printmaker and writer See also * Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Via Benedetto Fortini, Florence, is an institute established by Italian scholar Roberto Longhi, who in 1971 left his library, photo library and collection of art "for the benefit of future generations" * Lung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longhi (surname)
Longhi () is an Italian surname of ancient origin, initially spelled as Longo (), of which Longhi is plural. Some groups gained great power in the Middle Ages and into the modern era, holding dozens of titles of nobility and vast estates in north-central Italy. The surname appears in many dialectal variants, such as Longis, Longoni, Longa, Longhù, Longi, Longu and others. In addition to the Longus, the plural Longi is usually found in Latin texts. However, since in Italian ' means "long", "tall", "ancient" or "long", and is a word of common usage, it is likely that many of the numerous groups scattered throughout Italy had independent origins. Ancient Rome The word appeared as a denominator of persons since Ancient Rome, arising in a branch of the Sempronia gens, Sempronia ''gens'', the Long Semprons. Two of their representatives were Roman consul, consuls, the highest magistracy in the period of the Roman Republic, cited by Livy, Tacitus, and Polybius. Another ''gens'' also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martino Longhi The Younger
Martino Longhi the Younger (March 18, 1602– December 15, 1660) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period active in Rome, in a milieu when the most prominent competition for commissions came from no less than Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, Carlo Rainaldi and Pietro da Cortona. He was born in Rome to a family of architects. His grandfather Martino Longhi the Elder had completed many buildings in Rome. His father Onorio Longhi was also a prominent architect, and Martino inherited the work at San Carlo al Corso upon the death of his father in 1619. The church itself may have been designed by his grandfather. By 1625, Martino publishes a treatise on architecture. By 1625, he is a member of the Accademia di San Luca. In the 1630s he also began working in the construction of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi. In 1644, he designed the façade for San Giovanni Calibita. In 1645, he began construction on the striking vertical façade of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fondazione Roberto Longhi
The Fondazione Roberto Longhi is an institute established by Italian scholar Roberto Longhi. It is located on Via Benedetto Fortini in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. History The headquarters is the villa "Il Tasso" which Longhi acquired in 1939. This villa was the residence of Longhi and his wife Lucia Lopresti (the writer Anna Banti). The Foundation's preferred sphere of interest is art historical research. It also focuses on artists and specific artistic themes, including contemporary art and artists. The museum (''pinacoteca'') of the Foundation is open only to scholars and by appointment. Activities The Foundation's activities include art exhibits, publications, lessons, conferences, seminars, and scholarly meetings. These meetings are organized on a periodic basis and are generally of an international and interdisciplinary Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longhi Family
Longhi may refer to: * Alessandro Longhi (1733–1813), painter * Alessandro Longhi (footballer) (born 1989), Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Padova * Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), painter, daughter of Luca * Damiano Longhi (born 1966), footballer * Giulia Longhi (born 1993), Italian softball player * Jhonatan Longhi (born 1988), skier * Luca Longhi (1507–1580), painter, father of Barbara * Martino Longhi the Elder (1534–1591), architect * Martino Longhi the Younger (1602–1660), architect * Onorio Longhi (1568–1619), architect * Pietro Longhi (1701–1785 or 1702–1785), painter * Roberto Longhi (1890–1970), Italian academic and art historian * Giuseppe Longhi (1766–1831), Italian printmaker and writer See also * Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Via Benedetto Fortini, Florence, is an institute established by Italian scholar Roberto Longhi, who in 1971 left his library, photo library and collection of art "for the benefit of future generations" * Lung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Longhi
Giuseppe Longhi (13 October 1766 – 12 January 1831) was an Italian engraver and writer. Biography Longhi was born in Monza, and initially trained at the Ambrosian Seminary, studying philosophy and letters. By the age of 20, he decided to become an artist, and trained with the engraver Vincenzio Vangelisti. He also trained with Domenico Aspari, Aspari, Giulio Traballesi, Traballesi, and Franchi. He moved to Rome. He returned to Milan to teach engraving at the Brera Academy. Longhi produced a notable engraving of Napoleon in 1797. The following year he became a professor of engraving at the Brera Academy. In 1801 Longhi visited Paris, where he met many artists, including Jacques-Louis David and Nicolas-Henri Tardieu. Among Longhi's works are engravings of the ''Marriage of the Virgin'' (original by Raphael Sanzio, Raphael) and a ''Mary Magdalene'' by Antonio Allegri, Correggio. He is said to have died from a stroke while engraving the ''Last Judgement'' by Michelangelo. Among hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Longhi
Roberto Longhi (28 December 1890 – 3 June 1970) was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca. Early life and career Longhi was born in December 1890 in Alba in Piedmont. His parents were from Emilia. He studied with Pietro Toesca, in Turin, and Adolfo Venturi in Rome. The latter made him book reviews editor of the journal ''L'Arte'' in 1914. Between 1913 and 1917, Longhi, primarily an essayist, published text in ''L'Arte'' and ''La Voce'' on Mattia Preti, Piero della Francesca, Orazio Borgianni and Orazio Gentileschi. Over the course of his career Longhi developed a fascination with Caravaggio and his followers. his book ''Quesiti caravaggeschi'' uestions on Caravaggio(1928–34), was followed by ''Ultimi studi caravaggeschi'' atest Caravaggio studies(1943). In 1951, Longhi curated a ground-breaking exhibition on Caravaggio at the Royal Palace in Milan, ''Mostra di Caravaggio e dei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Longhi
Pietro Longhi (1702 or November 5, 1701 – May 8, 1785) was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of life. Biography Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint. He was initially taught by the Veronese painter Antonio Balestra, who then recommended the young painter to apprentice with the Bolognese Giuseppe Maria Crespi, who was highly regarded in his day for both religious and genre painting and was influenced by the work of Dutch painters. Longhi returned to Venice before 1732. He was married in 1732 to Caterina Maria Rizzi, by whom he had eleven children (only three of which reached the age of maturity). Among his early paintings are some altarpieces and religious themes. His first major documented work was an altarpiece for the church of San Pellegrino in 1732. In 1734, he completed frescoes in the walls and ceiling o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onorio Longhi
Onorio Longhi (1568–1619) was an Italian architect, the father of Martino Longhi the Younger and the son of Martino Longhi the Elder. Born in Viggiù, Lombardy, Longhi began as assistant for his father, and inherited the latter's commission at his death in 1591. He is described by contemporary sources as a ruthless figure, a companion of Caravaggio, together with whom he was tried for homicide in Rome in 1606, and subsequently exiled. Returning to Lombardy he executed several unfinished plans for the Duomo of Milan and other churches, until a Papal amnesty allowed him to come back to Rome in 1611. Here he designed the first plan for the Milanese national church in Rome, San Carlo al Corso, which was completed by his son and by Pietro da Cortona. Other Longhi's works include the church of Santa Maria Liberatrice in the Roman Forum (later destroyed by the excavations which brought to light Santa Maria Antiqua) and the Santoro Chapel in St. John Lateran The Archbasilica Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martino Longhi The Elder
Martino Longhi the Elder (1534–1591) was an Italian architect, the father of Onorio Longhi and the grandfather of Martino Longhi the Younger. He is also known as ''Martino Lunghi''. He was born in Viggiù into a family of architects, and initially worked in Germany for the Altemps family, who were relatives of the Milanese Borromeo. Later he was hired by Pope Pius IV to work, along with Giorgio Vasari and Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola to the church of Santa Croce in Bosco Marengo, the pope's hometown (1566–1572). Longhi moved to Rome in 1569. Here he worked to Palazzo Altemps, Palazzo Borghese (the court, possibly inspired to Pellegrino Tibaldi's modules) and designed the churches of Santa Maria della Consolazione, Palazzo Cesi-Armellini and San Girolamo degli Schiavoni. Also by Longhi is the tower of Palazzo Senatorio, in the Capitol Hill, which he modified from the original Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Longhi
Alessandro Longhi (12 June 1733 – November 1813) was a Venetian portrait painter and printmaker in etching (mostly reproductions of paintings). He is known best for his oil portraits of Venetian nobles of state. His father was the famed genre painter Pietro Longhi. He trained under his father and Giuseppe Nogari (1699–1763). Like Sebastiano Bombelli in the prior century, Alessandro Longhi is noted for his zealous full-length depictions of robes and emblems of office. His "tumultuous and unusual (etching) technique shows first-hand knowledge of Rembrandt's etchings", according to Olimpia Theodoli.Jane Martineau and Andrew Robison (eds), ''The Glory of Venice, Art in the Eighteenth Century'' (exhib Cat RA London/NGA Washington) Yale UP, 1994 Works *''Luigi and Alvise III Pisani and family'' *''Portrait of Carlo Goldoni'' () *''Portrait of a Composer'', erroneously to be the ''Portrait of Domenico Cimarosa'' *''Portrait of a Lady'' () *''Portrait of a Gentleman'' () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Longhi
Luca Longhi (14 January 1507 – August 12, 1580) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active in and near Ravenna, where he mainly produced religious paintings and portraits. Biography It is unclear who his master was. Among his portraits, he painted a portrait of Giovanni Guidiccione, bishop of Fossombrone; of Giulio dalla Rovere, Cardinal of Urbino, who died 1577; as well as Alessandro Sforza, Cardinal Legate of Romagna; Cristoforo Boncòmpagni, archbishop of Ravenna; and Giovanni Battista Rossi, Generale del Carmine, who died in Rome in 1577. His works include ''The Marriage of Saint Catherine'' (1529), ''Lady and the Unicorn'', ''Adoration by the Shepherds'', ''Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian and Rocco'', ''Martyrdom of Saint Ursicinus'' (oil on canvas) and '' Cesare Hercolani''. He trained two of his children, Francesco Longhi (1544–1618) and Barbara Longhi (1552–1638). Barbara collaborated with him on several of his later work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhonatan Longhi
Jhonatan Longhi (born February 2, 1988) is an alpine skier from Brazil. He competed for Brazil at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 56th place in the giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t .... References External links 1988 births Living people Brazilian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Brazil Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from São Paulo {{Brazil-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
