Giorgio Massari (13 October 1687 – 20 December 1766) was an Italian late-

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architect from

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. He designed the Villa Lattes near

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in 1715, the church of Santo Spritito in

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, the church of

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1720–46 in

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. In Venice, he often worked closely with Tiepolo in planning interior decoration of palaces. Among his masterpieces are the Chiesa dei Gesuati (1726–43) located in

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, Venice and the Palazzo Grassi-Stucky (1749). In the latter, Massari executed a traditional elegant marble-fronted Grand Canal palace facade, with Baroque rhythms and variations to the arrangement of bays, disrupting the classical simplicity. Massari also designed the scenographic staircase entry to Villa Giovanelli, Noventa Padovana. Massari finished some works by Longhena, for example, the heavily decorated Ca' Rezzonico, also found on the Grand Canal. Some of Massari's design were completed by his pupil Bernardino Maccarucci.

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* 1687 births 1766 deaths Republic of Venice architects Italian Baroque architects {{Italy-architect-stub