Baldassare Longhena

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Santa Maria della Salute in Venice

Baldassare Longhena (* 1598 (?) Perhaps in Venice , because his parents from Longhena ( province of Brescia ) lived in Maroggia ; † February 18, 1682 ibid) was an Italian builder who worked almost exclusively in Venice and the places around the lagoon .

He learned from Vincenzo Scamozzi . One of his most important buildings is the church of Santa Maria della Salute , built from 1631 to 1687, which shows the influence of its master and that of Andrea Palladio . It was built on the occasion of the redemption of the city from a three-year plague wave. In 1640 he completed the Procuratie nuove that his master had begun in the meantime .

The Palazzo Giustinian-Lolin on the Grand Canal

In 1623 he worked on the restructuring of the Giustinian Lolin Palace. This was followed by a series of churches and church facades, among them the cathedral in Chioggia , begun in 1624 , which was rebuilt after a fire.

From 1648 to 1660 he worked at the Palazzo Belloni Battagia , from 1656 to 1663 at the Chiesa degli Scalzi . He also worked on two other palaces, namely the Ca 'Rezzonico (1667–1682) and the Ca' Pesaro (1659–1682). He rarely worked outside of Venice, for example in Loreo , Bassano del Grappa or Conegliano .

Works

Tower of the Santa Maria del Soccorso Church , Rovigo

literature

  • Giuseppe Cristinelli: Baldassare Longhena. Architetto del '600 a Venezia. (= Le grandi opere dell'architettura. 4, ZDB -ID 448202-5 ). 2nd edition, Marsilio, Venice 1978.
  • Martina Frank: Baldassare Longhena. (= Studi di arte veneta. Collana. 8). Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice 2004, ISBN 88-88143-54-8 .
  • Andrew Hopkins: Baldassare Longhena, 1597-1682. Electa, Milan 2006, ISBN 978-88-435-9703-1 .
  • Andrew Hopkins:  Longhena, Baldassare (Baldisera, Baldi). In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 65:  Levis-Lorenzetti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2005.
  • Ornella Selvafolta (Ed.): Longhena. Electa, Milan 1982.
  • Camillo Semenzato: L'architettura di Baldassare Longhena (= Università di Padova. Pubblicazioni della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia. 29, ZDB -ID 767030-8 ). Olschki et al. a., Florence a. a. 1954.

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personal data
SURNAME Longhena, Baldassare
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Baroque architect
DATE OF BIRTH around 1598
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1682
Place of death Venice