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Giacomo (or '''Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola''', often simply called '''Vignola''' ( October 1 1507 - July 7 , 1573 ) was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism , also known as '''Vignola'''. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Chiesa Del Gesù in Rome. The three writers who spread the Italian Renaissance style throughout Western Europe are Vignola, Serlio and Palladio . BIOGRAPHY Giacomo Barozzi was born at Vignola , near Modena ( Emilia-Romagna ). He began his career as architect in Bologna , supporting himself by painting and making perspective Template s for Inlay craftsmen. He made a first trip to Rome in 1536 to make measured drawings of Roman Temple s, with a thought to publish an illustrated Vitruvius . Then François I called him to Fontainebleau , where he spent the years 1541 1543. Here he probably met his fellow Bolognese, the architect Sebastiano Serlio and the painter Primaticcio . After his return to Italy, he designed the Palazzo Bocchi in Bologna. Later he moved to Rome. Here he worked for Pope Julius III and, after the latter's death, he was taken up by the papal family of the Farnese and worked with Michelangelo , who deeply influenced his style (see Works section for details of his works in this period). From 1564 Vignola carried on Michangelo's work at St Peter's Basilica , and constructed the two subordinate domes according to Michelangelo's plans. Giacomo Barozzi died in Rome in 1573. In 1973 his remains were reburied in the Pantheon, Rome . WORKS Vignola's main works include:
Like many other architects, Vignola submitted his plans for completing the facade of San Petronio, Bologna . Designs by Vignola, in company with Baldassare Peruzzi , Giulio Romano , Andrea Palladio and others furnished material for an exhibition in 2001 . His two published books helped formulate the s of classical architectural style: ''Regole delli cinque ordini d'architettura'' "Rules of the five orders of architecture," (first published without a place given but probably in Rome, 1562) and the posthumously-published ''Due regole della prospettiva pratica'' ("Two rules of practical perspective", Bologna 1583), which favour one-point perspective rather than two point methods such as the bifocal construction. Vignola presented— without theoretical obscurities— practical applications that could be understood by a prospective patron. NOTES |
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