Bartolomeo Ammanati
Bartolomeo di Antonio Ammanati (or Ammannati ) (born June 18, 1511 in Settignano or Florence , † April 13, 1592 in Florence) was an Italian builder and sculptor .
Life
He was a student of Baccio Bandinelli (Florence) and Jacopo Sansovino ( Venice ), and later - under the influence of Michelangelo - became one of the leading exponents of Mannerism in Florence. After his colleague and competitor Baccio Bandinelli died in 1560 , the contract to build the Neptune Fountain was transferred to Ammanati, who enjoyed the encouragement of Cosimo's wife , Duchess Eleonora . The sculpture of Neptune made of white marble is called "Il Biancone" (The White Giant) in Florentine vernacular; Even contemporaries had different opinions about the quality of the work. The phrase quickly spread in Florence: Ammanato, Ammanato, quanto bel marmo t'hai sciupato! (Ammanato, Ammanato, how much beautiful marble you messed up!). The sentence is traced back to Benvenuto Cellini , another bitter competitor of Ammanati.
The sculptor was married to the poet Laura Battiferri , both are buried in the jointly planned and built church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi in Florence.
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Works
- The Villa Giulia in Rome (from 1552 together with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola )
- Fountain for the Sala dei Cinquecento (Room of the Five Hundred) in the Palazzo Vecchio (1555–1563)
- The Palazzo Ruspoli (formerly Palazzo Rucellai, from 1556)
- The Palazzo Pitti in Florence (expansion from 1560)
- The Fontana del Nettuno, the Fountain of Neptune in Florence on the Piazza della Signoria (1563–1575)
- The Palazzo Riccardi-Manelli in Florence (formerly Palazzo Grifoni, from 1563)
- The Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence (1567–1570, destroyed in World War II, rebuilt)
- The Palazzo Ducale in Lucca (from 1578, completed by F. Pini)
- The Palazzo del Collegio Romano in Rome (1581–1585)
- The Church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi in Florence (from 1581)
- Statues in the Bargello
- Statues in the Boboli Gardens
- Tempio di Santo Stefano della Vittoria in Pozzo della Chiana , district of Foiano della Chiana . Temple built in 1569 to commemorate the victory of the Florentines against Siena on August 2, 1554 in the battle of Scannagallo , which one year later contributed mainly to the defeat of Siena. The realization of the temple is attributed to Ammanati and Giorgio Vasari .
literature
- Basilio Magni: Ammanati (Ammannati), Bartolomeo . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 413-415 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Isa Belli Barsali: Ammannati, Bartolomeo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 2: Albicante – Ammannati. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
- Michael Kiene : Bartolomeo Ammannati. Electa, Milan 1995.
Web links
- Bartolomeo Ammanati in Google Arts & Culture
- Short biography on the website of the Museo Galileo (IMSS (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Institute and Museum for the History of Science) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefano Casciu (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Cortona e la Valdichiana aretina. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46783-5 , p. 119 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ammanati, Bartolomeo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ammanati, Bartolomeo di Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian builder and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1511 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Settignano or Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1592 |
| Place of death | Florence |