Giovanni Alberti (
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, 1558–1601) was an Italian painter, known for his perspective painting (
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 ...
). He was also a poet and writer about art critic.
Biography
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The brother of
Alessandro
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* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
* Alessandro Baricco ...
and
Cherubino Alberti
Cherubino Alberti (1553–1615), also called Borghegiano, was an Italian engraver and painter. He is most often remembered for the Roman frescoes completed with his brother Giovanni Alberti during the papacy of Clement VIII. He was most prolif ...
, and third son of
Alberto
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, he was born at
Borgo S. Sepolcro.
He went to Rome during the papacy of
Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII ( la, Gregorius XIII; it, Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for ...
, who employed him in the papal palace on
Monte Cavallo, and in the
Vatican
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The Holy See
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. He excelled in painting landscapes and perspective, in which the figures were usually painted by Cherubino. He was also employed by
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 ...
, to paint the
sacristy
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The sacristy is usually located ...
of
St. John of Lateran, and, in conjunction with his brothers, to decorate the
Sala Clementina
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in the Vatican. For this work, which was commenced in 1595 and completed in 1598, the two painters (
Alessandro
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People with the given name Alessandro
* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
* Alessandro Baricco ...
had died during the course of execution) received 3050
scudi
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.
[ In the 1590s Giovanni and Cherubino painted frescoes in the Capella Maggiore of ]San Silvestro al Quirinale
San Silvestro al Quirinale (or ''St. Sylvester on Quirinal Hill'') is a historic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located near Via XXIV Maggio corner with Via Mazzarino, a few blocks south of the Piazza del Quirinale.
History
The first ment ...
, where the complex perspectival effects include a trompe-l'œil
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oculus Oculus (a term from Latin ''oculus'', meaning 'eye'), may refer to the following
Architecture
* Oculus (architecture), a circular opening in the centre of a dome or in a wall
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Oculus'' (film), a 2013 American ...
above the altar.
Alberti also worked in his native town, in Mantua
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In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...
, Perugia
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The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
, Florence
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, and elsewhere. He died at Rome in 1601. His portrait is placed in the academy of St Luke
The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...
, and another in the Uffizi
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at Florence.[
]
References
Sources
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1558 births
1601 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Italian Renaissance painters
Fresco painters
Giovanni Giovanni may refer to:
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