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Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi, Bologna
Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi is a Renaissance palace located on Via Zamboni number 22, at the corner (southwest) with Via Marsala, in central Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. It stands across from San Giacomo Maggiore, and just northeast of the Palazzo Magnani. It presently houses the law faculty of the University of Bologna. History Construction on the palace began in the mid-1500s atop an older structure belonging to Giovanni II Bentivoglio. The architects were Marchesi Andrea Di Pietro, called Il Formigine, and his brother Giacomo. It was sold to the prominent aristocratic Malvezzi family. The internal courtyard has the three orders of superimposed columns: doric, ionic, and corinthian with medallions depicting the main Roman emperors. In the entrance is a large statue of ''Hercules'' by Giuseppe Maria Mazza. The ''Piano Nobile'' was designed only in the 18th century, and was frescoed by Carlo Lodi and Antonio Rossi. Some of the frescoes exalt the military prowess of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lodi
Carlo Lodi (11 February 1701 – 22 April 1765) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period in Bologna, mainly painting landscapes. He was born and initially trained with Angelo Michele Cavazzoni. Another pupil was Bernardo Minozzi. He then went to work for some months under the landscape artist, Nunzio Ferraiuoli. He married in 1730, but had no children. In 1735, he collaborated in the decoration of the Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi (now Law College Faculty Building) in Bologna with Antonio Rossi, who painted figures in landscape. The paintings depict the feats of the Malvezzi family. In the 1740s, he worked again with Rossi on the decoration of the Palazzo Pepoli/Villa Cicogna in San Lazzaro di Savena, with scenes depicting the ''Story of Moses'', ''Story of Telemachus'', ''Landscapes'', and ''Events during Spanish Invasions''. In 1753 he helped decorate the refectory of the Convent of San Giacomo in Bologna and Villa San Giovanni Comelli, near Bologna. Also, in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi
Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi (1700–1788) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period, active in Bologna, mainly in ornamental and quadratura Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective ''di sotto in sù'' and ''quadratura'', is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, an ... painting. Biography He trained initially under Antonio Dardani, and learned quadratura from Tommaso Aldrovandini. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina and died in Bologna. Paolazzi help decorate some of the rooms in the Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi. comune website on the palace Malvezzi Campeggi. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gioacchino Pizzoli
Gioacchino Pizzoli (Bologna, 1651- 1733) was an Italian painter, active as a history and figure painter during the Baroque period. Biography He was trained in Bologna, and married the painter Maria Oriana Galli da Bibbiena (1656–1749), daughter of Giovanni Maria of the Galli da Bibiena family. Their son, Domenico Pizzoli (1687-1720) was also a painter. A daughter joined a monastery in Reggio-Emilia. In 1675-1677 along with his master, the quadratura painter Angelo Michele Colonna, the Sala del Consiglio Comunale (once Gallery of the Senate) of the Palazzo D'Accursio 260px, Palazzo d'Accursio. Palazzo d'Accursio (or Palazzo Comunale) is a palace once formulated to house major administrative offices of the city of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located on the Piazza Maggiore, and is the city's .... He also helped fresco the Oratory of Santa Maria del Borgo in Bologna. Also in 1700, in Bologna, Pizzoli frescoed the then Collegio Ungaro-Illirici (now Collegio V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Bigari
Vittorio Bigari (1692 – 1776) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Biography He was born in Bologna in 1692. His main biographer was Zanotti. He was initially trained in the art of stucco and sculpture, a pupil of Antonio Dardani; then became an assistant to the scenographer C. A. Buffagnotti, with whom he combined the activity of quadraturist scenographer with the study of the figure. In 1720 Bigari worked with A. Buttazzoni on the decoration (now disappeared) of the choir of the in Carpi; two years later he painted in Rimini the ceiling of the choir of the church of San Agostino (two angels detached are in the Municipal Museum of Rimini). Also in 1722 began his work for the counts Aldrovandi of Bologna: in the palace (now Montanari) of via Galliera, in collaboration with the quadraturista Stefano Orlandi, he helped decorate the ceiling of the staircase and a room with the mythological tale of ''Aurora Abandons the Old Titone''. Following the success of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Nessi
Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Charles. *A former member of Dion and the Belmonts best known for his 1964 song, Ring A Ling. *Carlo (submachine gun), an improvised West Bank gun. * Carlo, a fictional character from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp * It can be confused with Carlos * Carlo means “man” (from Germanic “karal”), “free man” (from Middle Low German “kerle”) and “warrior”, “army” (from Germanic “hari”). See also *Carl (name) *Carle (other) *Carlos (given name) Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name ''Charles'', from the Germanic ''Carl''. Notable people with the name include: Royalty *Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908), second to last King of P ... {{disambig Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the last male monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty. Sigismund was the only son of Italian-born Bona Sforza and Sigismund the Old. From the beginning he was groomed and extensively educated as a successor. In 1529 he was crowned '' vivente rege'' while his father was still alive. Sigismund Augustus continued a tolerance policy towards minorities and maintained peaceful relations with neighbouring countries, with the exception of the Northern Seven Years' War which aimed to secure Baltic trade. Under his patronage, culture flourished in Poland; he was a collector of tapestries from the Low Countries and collected military memorabilia as well as swords, armours and jewellery. Sigismund Augustus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Rossi
Antonio Rossi (born December 19, 1968) is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won five medals which included three golds (K-1 500 m: 1996, K-2 1000 m: 1996, 2000), one silver (K-2 1000 m: 2004), and one bronze (K-2 500 m: 1992). He also designs and produces a variety of clothing, such as high quality underwear. Biography Rossi was born in Lecco. As well as the Olympics, he has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven medals. This includes three golds (K-2 1000 m: 1995, 1997, 1998), three silvers (K-2 1000 m: 1993, 1994; K-4 200 m: 1998), and one bronze (K-1 500 m: 1997). He was the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rossi's wife, Lucia Micheli, competed in the K-4 500 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. His clus is G.S. Fiamme Gialle. See also * Italy at the Olympics - Athletes with most medals * Italy at the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Maria Mazza
Giuseppe Maria Mazza (13 May 1653 – 6 June 1741) was one of the leading sculptors of Bologna, Italy, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained as a painter, but is best known for his fine sculptural work in terracotta and stucco. Life Mazza was born in Bologna on 13 May 1653, son of Camillo Mazza (1602–72). His father was a sculptor who had studied under Alessandro Algardi in Rome, and who worked in Bologna, Padua and Venice. He trained as a sculptor under his father for a while, then studied painting in Bologna under the fresco painter Domenico Maria Canuti. He painted in Carlo Cignani's life classes. He also studied with Lorenzo Pasinelli. He seems to have returned to sculpture after having left Canuti with the painter Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole and studied at a private school in the Palazzo Fava in Bologna. Mazza became a successful and prolific sculptor, producing many statuettes and reliefs in terracotta. Mazza's fully finished terracotta statuettes would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance Architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece, ancient Greek and Ancient Rome, Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was succeeded by Baroque architecture. Developed first in Florence, with Filippo Brunelleschi as one of its innovators, the Renaissance style quickly spread to other Italian cities. The style was carried to Spain, France, Germany, England, Russia and other parts of Europe at different dates and with varying degrees of impact. Renaissance style places emphasis on symmetry, proportion (architecture), proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts, as demonstrated in the architecture of classical antiquity and in particular ancient Roman architecture, of which many examples remained. Orderly arrangements of columns, pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marchesi Andrea Di Pietro (1773–1852), Italian composer
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Giovanni II Bentivoglio
Giovanni II Bentivoglio (12 February 144315 February 1508) was an Italian nobleman who ruled as tyrant of Bologna from 1463 until 1506. He had no formal position, but held power as the city's "first citizen." The Bentivoglio family ruled over Bologna from 1443, and repeatedly attempted to consolidate their hold of the Signoria of the city. Background Born in Bologna, Giovanni II was the son of Annibale I Bentivoglio, then chief magistrate of the commune, and Donnina Visconti. He was a child when his father was murdered by his rival Battista Canneschi in June 1445. Annibale I was succeeded in Bologna by Sante I, of uncertain paternity and origin, but alleged to be a son of Ercole Bentivoglio, a cousin of Annibale I. Originally an apprentice of the wool guild of Florence, Sante ruled as ''signore'' of Bologna from 1443. When Sante died in 1463, Giovanni II Bentivoglio successfully made himself lord of the commune, although it was nominally a fief of the church under a papal lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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