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Giovanni Battista Maganza (c. 1513–August 25, 1586) was a late
Maganza was also a poet and a friend of
RAI documentary: ''Italica'' - Renaissance
Renaissance
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painter and poet, from Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...
in the area of Calaone, mainly producing religious altarpieces for local churches.
Biography
Maganza was also a poet and a friend of Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio ( ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of th ...
. He visited Rome between 1546 and 1547 and also met Gian Giorgio Trissino
Gian Giorgio Trissino (8 July 1478 – 8 December 1550), also called Giovan Giorgio Trissino and self-styled as Giovan Giωrgio Trissino, was a Venetian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, grammarian, linguist, and philosopher.
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and the poet Marco Thiene, he was member of the Accademia Olimpica (Olympic Academy) in Venice where he designed costumes for the play ''Oedipus Rex
''Oedipus Rex'', also known by its Greek title, ''Oedipus Tyrannus'' ( grc, Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, ), or ''Oedipus the King'', is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Originally, to the ancient Gr ...
'', the first opera presented at the Palladio-designed Teatro Olimpico
The Teatro Olimpico ("Olympic Theatre") is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580–1585. The theatre was the final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and was not completed until after his death. The ...
.
As a poet, he wrote satires in the Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
n dialect
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(and precisely in a now-dead form of it, called "dialetto pavano"), under the nickname Magagnò.
His son Alessandro Maganza
Adorazione della Vergine con gli Angeli (1581)
Alessandro Maganza (1556–1630) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, born and active in Vicenza, as well as in Venice.
He likely trained with his father, Giovanni Battista Maganza, also ...
was also a prominent local painter. Fontana cites Lanzi and Zanetti as Maganza's dates of birth and death as 1509 and 1589 Giovanni De Mio
Giovanni de Mio or Demio, also called ''il Fratino'' or ''Fratina'' or ''l'Indemio'', (after 1510 in Schio – c. 1570) was an Italian painter and mosaicist of the Renaissance.
Biography
He was said to have been a pupil of Giovanni Battista ...
was one of his pupils.
Works
Partial listing: *''San Girolamo penitente'' (''Saint Jerome Penitent'') (1570),San Marco in San Girolamo
The Church of San Marco in San Girolamo ('' St. Mark in St. Jerome'') is a baroque parish church in Vicenza, northern Italy, built in the 18th century by the Discalced Carmelites. It houses various artworks by artists of the early 18th century f ...
church, Vicenza
* ''Pala del Rosario'' (1583), Montebello Vicentino
Montebello Vicentino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy
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church.
* ''La conversione di S.Paolo'' (''Conversion of Saint Paul'') (16th century), at the large altar of the Novale di Valdagno
Valdagno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, north-eastern Italy. The town was the birthplace of the textile manufacturing company Marzotto, and home to the Italian hotel chain "Jolly Hotels"
Geography
The town extends along the ...
church, Vicenza.
* Frescoes in Villa Repeta and Campiglia dei Berici
Campiglia dei Berici is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is west of SP247 provincial road. It originated in the Middle Ages around a castle, destroyed in the 1310s. Sights include a parish church (13th century, rebuilt in 1679) ...
.See also
*San Marco in San Girolamo
The Church of San Marco in San Girolamo ('' St. Mark in St. Jerome'') is a baroque parish church in Vicenza, northern Italy, built in the 18th century by the Discalced Carmelites. It houses various artworks by artists of the early 18th century f ...
References
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