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Santa Maria Maddalena, Bologna
The church of Santa Maria Maddalena is found in central Bologna, Italy. History A church at the site existed in the 11th century, but the structure was rebuilt over the centuries. During 1564, the anterior portico was designed by Giovanni Piccinini from Como. In 1758, a major reconstruction was designed by Alfonso Torreggiani. The church contains a ''Madonna delle Febbri'' attributed to Lippo di Dalmasio. Other works once found in the church, included: *''Santa Caterina and Madonna and child'' by Bartolommeo Passarotti. *''La Concezione'' (relief) by Angelo Piò . *''Christ preaching to the Magdalen'' by Francesco Cavazzoni . *''Crucifix'' on the entrance painted by Lavinia Fontana. *''Virgin with St Joseph and John the Baptist'' painted by Francesco Monti. *''St Sebastian'' painted by Francesco Calza. *A door leads to an internal church called Santa Croce, which has a facade painted with the ''Triumph of the Cross'' by Felice Torelli. *A wall frescoed with ''Glory of Magdalen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. It is known as the Fat City for its rich cuisine, and the Red City for its Spanish-style red tiled rooftops and, more recently, its leftist politics. It is also called the Learned City because it is home to the oldest university in the world. Originally Etruscan, the city has been an important urban center for centuries, first under the Etruscans (who called it ''Felsina''), then under the Celts as ''Bona'', later under the Romans (''Bonōnia''), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and later ''signoria'', when it was among the largest European cities by population. Famous for its towers, churches and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Torreggiani
Alfonso Torreggiani (1682–1764) was an Italian architect of the Rococo period, principally associated with Bologna. Life Torregiani was born in Budrio. An apprentice of Giuseppe Antonio Torri, he became intensely active in the city of Bologna working on the design of churches and private buildings and as a consultant on the organisation and reconstruction of existing buildings: for example, the Church of Sant'Ignazio, 1726; the interior of the Church of La Maddalena, 1735; the Palazzo Torfanini (then property of the Princes of Este) in the Via Galliera, 1735; continued the construction of the Palazzo Aldrovandi in 1741, the west front of the cathedral, 1744–52, and the high altar in the Basilica of San Domenico. Torreggiani was named ''prince'' of the Accademia Clementina, and had the patronage of Cardinale Pompeo Aldrovandi and Pope Benedict XIV (Lambertini). For the former he completed a Chapel in the Basilica of San Petronio. Among his main collaborators in Bol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippo Di Dalmasio
Filippo Scannabecchi (1352 – c. 1410), known as Lippo di Dalmasio, was an Italian painter from Bologna, a son of Dalmasio Scannabecchi. Biography His father was Dalmasio Scannabecchi (sometimes referred to as ''pseudo-Dalmasio''), a Bolognese painter from a minor noble family who migrated to Pistoia during a period of Guelph rule in Bologna.Pini p. 56 Lippo presumably trained both with his father and his paternal uncle Simone dei Crocefissi. While still a boy he was accompanied to Pistoia by his uncle. Recorded as a Bolognese citizen resident in Pistoia in 1377 (and present in both Bologna and Pistoia in 1385) he eventually returned to Bologna in 1389. Part of the school of Vitale da Bologna, he was also influenced by Tuscan artists such as Andrea di Cione (Orcagna) and his brothers Jacopo and Nardo. Between 1391 and 1410 he painted many depictions of the Virgin and Child, some of which are signed. These led to him being nicknamed in the 16th century Lippo delle Madonne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartolommeo Passarotti
Bartolomeo Passarotti or Passerotti (1529–1592) was an Italian painter of the mannerist period, who worked mainly in his native Bologna. His family name is also spelled Passerotti or Passarotto. Life and work From approximately 1550 to 1555, he lived in Rome, where he worked under Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and Taddeo Zuccari. Upon returning to Bologna, he established a large studio and, from 1564 tp 1565, was engaged in painting a large altarpiece for the Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore. In his later work, he turned to Tuscan models, such as Giorgio Vasari and Prospero Fontana. His last known work was ''The Presentation of Mary in the Temple'', from 1583, now at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. He influenced many Bolognese who would later play a role in the rise of the Baroque. Annibale Carracci (whose brother Agostino studied with Passerotti) was influenced by Passerotti's genre scenes in a select set of paintings (such as ''The Beaneater'' and ''The Butcher's Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Piò
Angelo Gabriello Piò (Bologna, 1690- Bologna, 1770) was an Italian sculptor, active in Bologna in a Rococo style. Life In Bologna, he studied from 1711 to 1712 under Andrea Ferreri (1673–1744) . He was also a pupil of Giuseppe Maria Mazza. After 1718 he studied in Rome under Camillo Rusconi (1658-1728). In 1721 Piò became a member of the ''Accademia Clementina'' in Bologna. He worked with some of the prime Bolognese architects of the time: Carlo Francesco Dotti, Alfonso Torreggiani and Giuseppe Antonio Ambrosi. His son, pupil and assistant was Domenico Piò (1715-1799). Other pupils included Filippo Scandellari (brother of Pietro) and Antonio Schiassi (died 1778). by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 746. Work ...
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Francesco Cavazzoni
Francesco Cavazzone (1559–1612) was an Italian painter of the early- Baroque period. He trained with Ludovico Carracci and Bartolomeo Passarotti Bartolomeo Passarotti or Passerotti (1529–1592) was an Italian painter of the mannerist period, who worked mainly in his native Bologna. His family name is also spelled Passerotti or Passarotto. Life and work From approximately 1550 to 1555, h .... He completed a ''Christ preaching to the Magdalen'' for the Maddalena in Bologna. By Girolamo Bianconi, page 24. He also wrote art history. References * 1559 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavinia Fontana
Lavinia Fontana (August 24, 1552 – August 11, 1614) was a Bologna, Bolognese Mannerism, Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious painting. She was trained by her father Prospero Fontana who was a teacher at the School of Bologna. She is regarded as the first female career artist in Western Europe as she relied on commissions for her income. Her family relied on her career as a painter, and her husband served as her agent and raised their 11 children. She was perhaps the first woman artist to paint female nudes, but this is a topic of controversy among art historians. Biography Lavinia Fontana was born in Bologna in 1552 to Prospero Fontana and Antonia de' Bonardis. She was baptized on August 24, 1552 at the cathedral of San Pietro. Her elder sister Emilia died in 1568 when Lavinia was sixteen. Prospero was a prominent painter of the Bolognese School (painting), School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Monti (Bologna)
Francesco Monti (1685 – 14 April 1768) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque. ''Death of St Anne'', originally in church of San Zeno al Foro, Brescia. Biography Born in Bologna, he studied art for three years with Sigismondo Caula in Modena, and then starting in 1701 with Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. His neo-Mannerist style was influenced by Donato Creti, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Parmigianino. A prolific painter, he worked in oil and in fresco. His first known work, dating from 1713, is a ''Pentecost'' for the Basilica of San Prospero in Reggio Emilia. Other early works include a ''Rape of the Sabines'' for Count Ranuzzi and a ''Triumph of Mordecai'' for the court at Turin. Around this time, he was commissioned, along with other painters, to provide decorations for the Duke of Richmond's Goodwood Palace. He also executed commissions for a number of churches in Bolognia. Within a few years, he was admitted to the prestigious Accademia Clementina. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Calza
Edward Francis Cunningham (c. 1742–1795), sometimes called Kelso or Francesco Calza or Calze, was a Scottish portrait painter. He came from a good Scotch family, and is said to have been born at Kelso about 1742. His father, having been implicated in the attempt of the Pretender in 1745, was obliged to flee from Scotland to the Continent, and took his son with him. Cunningham studied art with much perseverance at Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ..., Rome, Venice, and Paris. He is said to have assumed the cognomen of 'Calze' in Italy. Soon after his arrival in Paris, he inherited the family estates, and shortly afterwards a second bequest fell to his share, but being dissipated and extravagant, he speedily ran through all his money, and was then induced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Torelli
Felice Torelli (9 September 1667 – 11 June 1748) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style, active mainly in Bologna. Biography He was born to a family of artists in Verona, including his brother, Giuseppe Torelli, a noted violinist and composer of concerti. Both his son, Stefano Torelli, and his wife, Lucia Casalini (1677–1762), were painters. His wife mainly painted portraits. Felice was initially apprenticed to Santi Prunati in Verona, then to Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. In 1710, Torelli was one of the founders of the ''Accademia Clementina'' in Bologna, and during his time there, Giuseppe Maria Crespi was a member. Torelli's pupils at the academy included the two brothers Ubaldo Gandolfi and Gaetano Gandolfi; his nephew, Giovanni Giorgi; Mariano Collina (died 1780); and Antonio Magnoni [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ercole Graziani The Younger
Ercole Graziani the Younger (1688–1765) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Piacenza. Biography Ercole was a pupil of the painter Donato Creti and Marcantonio Franceschini. Pope Benedict XIV ordered a copy of his ''St. Peter consecrating St. Apollinaire'' (Bologna Cathedral) for the church of Sant'Apollinare in Rome. He also painted altarpieces depicting respectively ''St. Simon Stock receives a scapular from the Virgin'' and ''St. Pietro Thoma'' for the first chapels to left and right of the Church of the Carmine in Medicina. Among his many pupils are Giuseppe Becchetti, 1796, Volume 8, page 730. |
