Tommaso Temanza (9 March 1705 – 14 June 1789) was an Italian architect and author of the
Neoclassic period. Born in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
, he was active both in his natal city and the mainland towns of the
Republic of Venice.
Biography
His family held bureaucratic posts for the city of Venice. He studied in
Padua with the mathematician and professor
Giovanni Poleni. He apprenticed as an architect under his uncle,
Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto
Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto (1672 – 1764) was an Italian architect from Venice.
He is said to have taught architectural drawing to the engraver Giovanni Piranesi. Like many eclectic architects of his time, it is difficult to pin down a specif ...
. He helped train
Matteo Lucchesi
Matteo Lucchesi (1705–1776) was an Italian architect and Engineer, active mainly in his native Venice.
He learned mathematics and architecture from Tommaso Temanza. He was named by the Ducal Republic to be ''Magistrato delle Acque'' (Magistrat ...
, the uncle of
Piranesi
Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric ...
. One of his first jobs was as a proto or chief architecture for the Magistrate of the waterways, a position also held by Lucchesi. Among his works include the church of
Santa Margherita (circa 1748) in Padua; the private chapel on the grounds of
Villa Contarini located in
Piazzola sul Brenta; and a loggia for
Ca' Zenobio in Venice. His masterpieces are however for churches in Venice, including the cylindrical church of
Santa Maria Maddalena (where his remains rest), the church of
San Servolo and the chapel Sagredo in
San Francesco della Vigna. The abandoned project for the facade of Ca' Sagredo in Venice.
He is best known for his 1778 biography of architects from Venice: ''Vite dei più celebri architetti e scrittori veneziani''. In 1762, he also wrote a biography of
Andrea Palladio (''Vita di Andrea Palladio'').
Volume 2 of Vite
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1705 births
1789 deaths
18th-century Italian architects
Italian art historians
Republic of Venice architects