Vincenzo Scamozzi (2 September 1548 – 7 August 1616) was an Italianarchitect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps the most important figure there between Andrea Palladio, whose unfinished projects he inherited at Palladio's death in 1580, and Baldassarre Longhena, Scamozzi's only pupil.
The great public project of Palladio's that Scamozzi inherited early in the process of construction was the Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza, which Palladio had designed in the last months of his life.
Monument to Vincenzo Scamozzi. Church of San Lorenzo, Vicenza.
Scamozzi was born in Vicenza. His father was the surveyor and building contractor Gian Domenico Scamozzi; he was Scamozzi's first teacher, imbuing him with the principles of Sebastiano Serlio, laid out in Serlio's book. Vincenzo visited Rome in 1579–1580, and then moved to Venice in 1581. In 1599 - 1600, he visited the German Empire and France and left a sketchbook record of his impressions of French architecture, which first saw the light of day in 1959.[1] Scamozzi is famous for having inherited several unfinished projects from Andrea Palladio at the time of Palladio's death in 1580 and for bringing them to their completed form.
The Idea of a Universal Architecture
L'idea della Architettura universale di Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto veneto, 1615.
Scamozzi's influence spread far beyond his Italian commissions through his two-volume treatise, L'idea dell'architettura universale ("The Idea of a Universal Architecture"), which is one of the last works of the Renaissance dealing with the theory of architecture.[2] It was originally published with woodcut illustrations at Venice in 1615. Scamozzi depended for sections of his treatment of Vitruvius on Daniele Barbaro's commentary, published in 1556 with illustrations by Palladio;[3] he also discussed issues of building practice. At that time, such treatises were becoming a vehicle for self-promotion. Scamozzi was aware of the potential value of publicity distributed through the established channels of the book trade and he included many of his own plans and elevations, as built, as they should have been built, and as idealized projects.
His first book entitled Discorsi sopra l'antichita di Roma (Venice: Ziletti, 1583) had been quickly cobbled together with some illustrated commentary on the ruins of Rome, assembled in "the space of a few of days." According to his preface to the volumes, the images were stock productions that already existed. Over half were copied from a volume published by Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp in 1551.[4]
His major book came out one year before his death and was too late to influence his own success. Scamozzi's practice is sometimes spoken of as being a source of the neo-Palladian architecture as it was introduced by Inigo Jones, another follower of Andrea Palladio's own example. Rudolf Wittkower referred to him as among "the intellectual father(s) of neo-classicism".[5]
Piazza San Marco
Scamozzi moved to Venice in 1581, where he had been invited to design the Procuratie Nuove on the Piazza San Marco itself. The Procuratie Nuove was built as a row of official housing for the Procuratorate of San Marco, presented as a unified palace front that continues the end facade of the Sansovino Library, with its arcaded ground floor and arch-headed windows of the first floor, but adding an upper floor to provide the necessary accommodation. In accomplishing this design, Scamozzi adapted a rejected project of Palladio's for a re-faced Doge's Palace, with colonnettes that flank the windows to support alternating triangular and arched pediments, upon which Scamozzi added reclining figures, to balance the richness of the Sansovinian decoration of the two lower floors. Eleven bays of this project were completed, and later were extended by Baldassare Longhena (Scamozzi's only pupil) to fill the whole south flank of the piazza.
Chronology of works
All but one of the following works are in the territory of the Republic of Venice:
1580-1592: Villa Capra "La Rotonda", near Vicenza (completed construction of Andrea Palladio's structure for Mario Capra, and added stables, not completed until 1620)
1581-1599: Procuratie Nuove, Piazza San Marco, Venice (continued with a different interior design by Francesco Smeraldi and completed in 1663 by Longhena)
Charles Davis, Architecture and Light: Vincenzo Scamozzi’s Statuary Installation in the Chiesetta of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice in Annali di architettura n° 14, Vicenza 2002
Branko Mitrovic´ and Vittoria Senes, Vincenzo Scamozzi’s Annotations to Daniele Barbaro’s Commentary on Vitruvius’ De Architectura in Annali di architettura n° 14, Vicenza 2002
Konrad Ottenheym, A Bird’s-Eye View of the Dissemination of Scamozzi’s Treatise in Northern Europe in Annali di architettura, n° 18–19, 2007
Guido Beltramini, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Scamozzi’s Idea della Architettura Universale in Palladian Territory in Annali di architettura, n° 18–19, 2007
Howard Burns, Inigo Jones and Vincenzo Scamozzi in Annali di architettura, n° 18–19, 2007
Giles Worsley, Scamozzi’s Influence on English Seventeenth-Century Architecture in Annali di architettura, n° 18–19, 2007
Media related to Vincenzo Scamozzi at Wikimedia Commons
August 21, 2023
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Vincenzo Scamozzi 2 September 1548 7 August 1616 was an Italian architect and a writer on architecture active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century He was perhaps the most important figure there between Andrea Palladio whose unfinished projects he inherited at Palladio s death in 1580 and Baldassarre Longhena Scamozzi s only pupil Vincenzo ScamozziPortrait of Vincenzo Scamozzi by Paolo VeroneseBornSeptember 2 1548Vicenza ItalyDiedAugust 7 1616 1616 08 07 aged 67 Venice ItalyNationalityItalianOccupationArchitectBuildingsPalazzo Thiene Bonin Longare Rocca Pisana Villa Capra La Rotonda Villa Duodo Palazzo Loredan Vendramin CalergiThe great public project of Palladio s that Scamozzi inherited early in the process of construction was the Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza which Palladio had designed in the last months of his life Contents 1 Biography 2 The Idea of a Universal Architecture 3 Piazza San Marco 4 Chronology of works 5 Notes 6 Bibliography 7 External linksBiography Edit Monument to Vincenzo Scamozzi Church of San Lorenzo Vicenza Scamozzi was born in Vicenza His father was the surveyor and building contractor Gian Domenico Scamozzi he was Scamozzi s first teacher imbuing him with the principles of Sebastiano Serlio laid out in Serlio s book Vincenzo visited Rome in 1579 1580 and then moved to Venice in 1581 In 1599 1600 he visited the German Empire and France and left a sketchbook record of his impressions of French architecture which first saw the light of day in 1959 1 Scamozzi is famous for having inherited several unfinished projects from Andrea Palladio at the time of Palladio s death in 1580 and for bringing them to their completed form The Idea of a Universal Architecture Edit L idea della Architettura universale di Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto veneto 1615 Scamozzi s influence spread far beyond his Italian commissions through his two volume treatise L idea dell architettura universale The Idea of a Universal Architecture which is one of the last works of the Renaissance dealing with the theory of architecture 2 It was originally published with woodcut illustrations at Venice in 1615 Scamozzi depended for sections of his treatment of Vitruvius on Daniele Barbaro s commentary published in 1556 with illustrations by Palladio 3 he also discussed issues of building practice At that time such treatises were becoming a vehicle for self promotion Scamozzi was aware of the potential value of publicity distributed through the established channels of the book trade and he included many of his own plans and elevations as built as they should have been built and as idealized projects His first book entitled Discorsi sopra l antichita di Roma Venice Ziletti 1583 had been quickly cobbled together with some illustrated commentary on the ruins of Rome assembled in the space of a few of days According to his preface to the volumes the images were stock productions that already existed Over half were copied from a volume published by Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp in 1551 4 His major book came out one year before his death and was too late to influence his own success Scamozzi s practice is sometimes spoken of as being a source of the neo Palladian architecture as it was introduced by Inigo Jones another follower of Andrea Palladio s own example Rudolf Wittkower referred to him as among the intellectual father s of neo classicism 5 Piazza San Marco EditScamozzi moved to Venice in 1581 where he had been invited to design the Procuratie Nuove on the Piazza San Marco itself The Procuratie Nuove was built as a row of official housing for the Procuratorate of San Marco presented as a unified palace front that continues the end facade of the Sansovino Library with its arcaded ground floor and arch headed windows of the first floor but adding an upper floor to provide the necessary accommodation In accomplishing this design Scamozzi adapted a rejected project of Palladio s for a re faced Doge s Palace with colonnettes that flank the windows to support alternating triangular and arched pediments upon which Scamozzi added reclining figures to balance the richness of the Sansovinian decoration of the two lower floors Eleven bays of this project were completed and later were extended by Baldassare Longhena Scamozzi s only pupil to fill the whole south flank of the piazza Chronology of works EditAll but one of the following works are in the territory of the Republic of Venice 1568 1575 Villa of Girolamo Ferramosca Barbano di Grisignano di Zocco Province of Vicenza with Gian Domenico Scamozzi 1569 Palazzo Godi Vicenza project altered during later execution 1572 1593 Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare Vicenza reworked on a previous project by Palladio 1574 1615 Villa of Leonardo Verlato Villaverla Vicenza 1575 Palazzo Caldogno Vicenza 1575 1578 Rocca Pisana Vettor Pisani Villa Lonigo Vicenza 1576 1579 Trissino Trento Pierfranceso Trissino Palace Vicenza with Gian Domenico Scamozzi 1580 Villa of Francesco Priuli Treville di Castelfranco Veneto Province of Treviso north wing 1580 1584 Villa Nani Mocenigo Canda Province of Rovigo 1580 1592 Villa Capra La Rotonda near Vicenza completed construction of Andrea Palladio s structure for Mario Capra and added stables not completed until 1620 1581 1586 Church of San Gaetano Thiene Padua 1581 1599 Procuratie Nuove Piazza San Marco Venice continued with a different interior design by Francesco Smeraldi and completed in 1663 by Longhena 1582 Palazzo Cividale Vicenza attributed 1582 1591 Library of San Marco Venice completion of Jacopo Sansovino s design 1584 1585 Teatro Olimpico Vicenza remodeling of structure designed by Andrea Palladio wooden scene 1587 1596 Library of San Marco Venice the vestibule Antisala 1588 Villa Cornaro Poisolo Treville di Castelfranco Veneto Treviso reconstruction 1588 1590 Teatro all antica for Duke Vespasiano I Gonzaga Sabbioneta Province of Mantova 1590 Villa Contarini for Girolamo Contarini Loreggia Padua revised in construction 1590 1595 Church of San Nicolo da Tolentino Venice 1591 1593 Statuary of Venice Republic museum Venice 1591 1593 Design of Palmanova an ideal city built over the next thirty years 100km northeast of Venice 1591 1594 Monastery and Church of San Gaetano Thiene Padua 1591 1595 Villa Cornaro for Girolamo Cornaro Piombino Dese Province of Padua completion attributed 1591 1597 Villa Duodo and Chapel of San Giorgio Monselice Padua 1592 1616 Palace of Galeazzo Trissino al Corso Vicenza 1594 1600 Villa of Valerio Bardellini Monfumo 1596 Villa Ferretti for Girolamo Ferretti on the Riviera del Brenta Sambruson del Dolo Venice The A Everett Austin House in Hartford Connecticut U S is an homage to the Villa Ferreti 6 1596 1597 Villa Cornaro for Girolamo Cornaro Piombino Dese Padua added stable wing Villa Molin at Mandria south of Padua 1597 Villa Molin Mandria Padua 1597 Villa Priuli Carrara Padua 1597 1598 Villa Godi Sarmego di Grumolo delle Abbadesse Vicenza 1601 Palazzo del Bo Padua university facade 1601 1606 San Giacomo di Rialto Venice altar of Scuola degli Orefici with Girolamo Campagna 1601 1636 San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti Church and Hospital Venice 1604 1612 Cathedral of Sts Rupert and Virgil Salzburg Austria project completed in 1614 28 by Santino Solari 1605 Santi Giovanni e Paolo Venice sacristy door with Alessandro Vittoria 1605 1616 Villa Duodo Monselice Padua six chapels for Via Romana 1607 1611 San Giorgio Maggiore church Venice completion of Palladio s facade 1607 1616 Villa Cornaro al Paradiso Venice twin pavilions 1609 Domenico Trevisan Villa San Dona di Piave 1609 1616 Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni Santrovaso on the Canal Grande Venice 1610 Villa Contarini degli Scrigni detta Vigna Contarena Este 1614 Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi Venice east wing demolished in 1659 and rebuilt in 1660 Notes Edit Franco Barbieri ed Taccuino di Viaggio da Parigi a Venezia 14 marzo 11 maggio 1600 Venice Rome Istituto per la Collaborazione Culturale 1959 Vincenzo Scamozzi The Idea of a Universal Architecture English translation published in Amsterdam 2003 Inigo Jones library included Palladio Scamozzi and Barbaro on Vitruvius Praecipua aliquot Romanae Antiquitatis Ruinarum Monimenta British Museum UK Wittkower Rudolf May 1953 Vincenzo Scamozzi The Burlington Magazine 95 602 171 Hamilton William 1 June 2000 Beguiled by an Illusionist New York Times Retrieved 8 October 2015 Bibliography EditScamozzi Vincenzo 1615 Idea dell architettura universale in Italian Vol 1 Venezia Giorgio Valentini Scamozzi Vincenzo 1615 Idea dell architettura universale in Italian Vol 2 Venezia Giorgio Valentini Bibliography of the Idea http architectura cesr univ tours fr Traite Auteur Scamozzi asp param en Charles Davis Architecture and Light Vincenzo Scamozzi s Statuary Installation in the Chiesetta of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice in Annali di architettura n 14 Vicenza 2002 Branko Mitrovic and Vittoria Senes Vincenzo Scamozzi s Annotations to Daniele Barbaro s Commentary on Vitruvius De Architectura in Annali di architettura n 14 Vicenza 2002 Konrad Ottenheym A Bird s Eye View of the Dissemination of Scamozzi s Treatise in Northern Europe in Annali di architettura n 18 19 2007 Guido Beltramini The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Scamozzi s Idea della Architettura Universale in Palladian Territory in Annali di architettura n 18 19 2007 Howard Burns Inigo Jones and Vincenzo Scamozzi in Annali di architettura n 18 19 2007 Giles Worsley Scamozzi s Influence on English Seventeenth Century Architecture in Annali di architettura n 18 19 2007 Uvres d architecture de Vincent Scamozzi architecte de la Republique de Venise 1764External links Edit Media related to Vincenzo Scamozzi at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vincenzo Scamozzi amp oldid 1148849501, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
