Mauro Codussi (1440–1504) was an Italian architect of the early-

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

, active mostly in

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

. The name is also rendered as ''Coducci''. He was one of the first to bring the classical style of the early renaissance to

to replace the prevalent Gothic style. Born near

Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

about 1440, he is first recorded in

in 1469, where he was working on the church of San Michele in Isola on the island between Venice and

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, where Venice now has its cemetery. Little is known of his early experience and training. Other works include

San Zaccaria The Church of San Zaccaria is a 15th-century former monastic church in central Venice. It is a large edifice located in the Campo San Zaccaria, just off the waterfront to the southeast of Piazza San Marco and St Mark's Basilica. It is dedicated ...

San Giovanni Crisostomo San Giovanni Grisostomo (English: Saint John Chrysostom) is a small church in the ''sestiere'' or neighborhood of Cannaregio, Venice. The church was founded in 1080, destroyed by fire in 1475, then rebuilt starting in 1497 by Mauro Codussi and hi ...

and Santa Maria Formosa, and the residences

Ca' Vendramin Calergi Ca' Loredan Vendramin Calergi is a 15th-century palace on the Grand Canal in the ''sestiere'' (quarter) of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. It was commissioned by the patrician Loredan dynasty, namely Andrea Loredan, and paid for by Doge ...

and Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni. The

St Mark's Clocktower The Clock Tower in Venice is an early Renaissance building on the north side of the Piazza San Marco, at the entrance to the Merceria. It comprises a tower, which contains the clock, and lower buildings on each side. It adjoins the eastern end of ...

(Torre dell'Orologio), built in the Piazza San Marco in Venice between 1496 and 1499, is also attributed to him.Howard pp.146-7

References

* Hartt, Frederick, ''History of Italian Renaissance Art'', (2nd edn.)1987, Thames & Hudson (US Harry N Abrams), * Howard, Deborah: Architectural History of Venice (2nd edition, 2004) Notes 1440 births 1504 deaths People from the Province of Bergamo 15th-century Italian architects 16th-century Italian architects Architects from Venice {{Italy-architect-stub