Bernardo Antonio Vittone

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Bernardo Antonio Vittone (born August 19, 1704 in Turin ; † October 19, 1770 ibid), was an Italian architect and, alongside Guarino Guarini , Filippo Juvarra and Benedetto Alfieri, one of the main representatives of the Baroque in Piedmont .

Life

The father, a cloth merchant, died when Vittone was a child. His upbringing was then taken over by his older brother, who was canon in the Turin Cathedral . Uncle Giovanni Giacomo Plantery , an architect and mayor of Turin in 1726 and 1751, introduced Vittone to architecture and made contact with Filippo Juvarra in the late 1720s . After his death in 1736, Vittone continued some of the ongoing construction projects. In the following years he established himself as one of the leading architects in Turin and Piedmont. He was best known for his church buildings with an original approach to incident light, such as the two churches of Santa Chiara in Bra (1742) and Turin (1745). Vittone was also a moneylender and authored several textbooks on the architectural profession.

literature

  • Bernardo Antonio Vittone: Istruzioni elementari per indirizzo dei giovani allo studio dell'architettura civile. Agnelli, Lugano 1760. Reprint: Edoardo Piccoli (Ed.), Editrice Librerie Dedalo, 2008.
  • E. Olivero: Le opere di Bernardo Antonio Vittone: architetto piemontese del secolo 18. Tipografia del Collegio degli Artigianelli, Torino 1920.
  • P. Portoghesi: Metodo e poesia nell'architettura di Bernardo Antonio Vittone. In: Bollettino della Società piemontese di archeologia e belle arti , Ns14-15 (1960–1961), Torino 1960, pp. 99–114.
  • F. Scricco: Tipo, forma e struttura nelle architetture di Bernardo Antonio Vittone. Le chiese a pianta centrale delle “Istruzioni Diverse”. Gangemi, Roma 2014.
  • M. Mangosio: Tecniche costruttive e magisteri edilizi nell'opera letteraria e architettonica di Vittone. Leo Olschki, Firenze 2009.
  • C. Matta, A. Mignozzetti: Bernardo Vittone. Un architetto nel Piemonte del '700. Gaidano & Matta, Torino 2016.
  • ML Moncassoli Tibone: Dalla Savoia al Piemonte: nel crocicchio dei conventi una storia al femminile. In: Estratto 34: Congrès des societés savantes de Savoie. Saint-Jean de Maurienne, September 5-6, 1993. Torino 1993, pp. 77-80.

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personal data
SURNAME Vittone, Bernardo Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1704
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1770
Place of death Turin