Arcangelo Guglielmelli
Arcangelo Guglielmelli (* in the 17th century ; † in the 18th century ) was an Italian architect, painter and engineer who was active in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Life
Arcangelo Guglielmelli was a son of Marcello Guglielmelli and Caterina Vera and came from Naples . His exact date of birth is unknown; it was probably around the middle of the 17th century. In March 1677 he married the daughter of the painter Onofrio de Marino . The sons Marcello and Gaetano emerged from the marriage. In 1677 he provided the Chiesa del Gesù delle Monache with a dome structure over the altar. The Chiesa di San Antonio delle Monache in Port'Alba was later given a similar structure . In the following years Guglielmelli was employed in numerous smaller churches. In 1678 he worked, for example, at the church of Santa Maria della Consolazione agli Incurabili and at the chapel of San Biogio in Santa Maria della Stella.
Arcangelo Guglielmelli's first better-known work is the facade design of the Church of Santa Maria in Portico in Naples from 1682. In 1684 Guglielmelli provided the architectural framework for the frescoes by Luca Giordano in the Chiesa dei Girolamini in Naples. After the devastation caused by the earthquake in 1688, he received several important commissions, including the restoration of the Cathedral of Salerno and several Neapolitan churches: The church of Santa Restituta, for example, which brought down the earthquake in 1688, was originally an early Christian basilica and was built in the 13th century integrated into the new building of the Duomo San Gennaro in Naples. The photographer Lala Aufsberg documented Guglielmelli's new baroque building in 1967.
Between 1692 and 1700 the church of Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne was built according to his plans. Their ground plan corresponds to an elongated Greek cross . The influences of Roman church buildings were evident here, for example from Carlo Rainaldi's Santa Maria in Campitelli , which was built between 1656 and 1665. From 1695 to 1717 Arcangelo Guglielmelli was busy with the construction of the church Santa Maria Egiziaca a Pizzofalcone , from 1697 to 1699 he also worked for the Benedictines of Montecassino .
In addition to the Cathedral of Salerno, Guglielmelli also renewed that of Amalfi . A watercolor by Gonsalvo Carelli documents the major changes that Guglielmelli made to this church.
Another severe earthquake occurred in 1694. Again Guglielmelli was commissioned with numerous church restorations and changes. The presbytery of the Church of Santa Maria Donnalbina, for example, dates from this period, and large parts of San Giorgio Maggiore were built according to plans by Guglielmelli.
The churches of San Michele Arcangelo in Anacapri and Santa Maria delle Grazie in Naples are also attributed to Guglielmelli . Together with his son Marcello, he worked on the restoration of the old church of Sant'Angelo a Nilo and on the redesign of the Biblioteca dei Girolamini at the beginning of the 18th century . Marcello Guglielmelli continued some of his father's work. He probably died in December 1722 or at the beginning of 1723.
Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne
Drawing for the monastery in Montecassino
Cloister with the Bibliotheca dei Girolamini
literature
- Amirante Giosi: Architettura napoletana tra Seicento e Settecento. L'opera di Arcangelo Guglielmelli (= Analisi del territorio e architettura. Vol. 6). Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli et al. 1990, ISBN 88-7104-237-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mauro Venditti, Arcangelo Guglielmelli , in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 60, 2003
- ^ Image index of art and architecture
- ↑ Short biography on answers.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guglielmelli, Arcangelo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian architect, painter and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century |