Daniele Barbaro

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Veronese , Daniele Barbaro, Florence, Palazzo Pitti
Veronese, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro (born February 8, 1513 in Venice , † April 13, 1570 ibid) was a Venetian scientist and politician, patriarch of Aquileia since December 17, 1550 . He came from the noble family of the Barbaro .

Life

He was the son of Francesco Barbaro (✝1549), Podestà of Verona and Senator of the Republic of Venice and Elena Pisani. Barbaro studied philosophy, mathematics and optics at the University of Padua . After 1531 Barbaro was the official historian of Venice ( Pubblico storiografico ), in 1548 he became ambassador to England, and in 1550 co-auditor of the Patriarch. He was one of the three representatives of the Venetian Republic during the Council of Trent . He designed the Botanical Garden in Padua .

He was friends with artists and writers like Bembo and Alvise Cornaro . According to him, which is Barbaro Point named a cape in Antarctica.

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Pratica della perspettiva , 1569

Daniele Barbaro's most important work is probably the translation of the books by the ancient architect Vitruvius published in 1556 . He had been advised by Andrea Palladio , whose illustrations he used and who then elevated Vitruvius - in his own interpretation - to the general architectural standard. Palladio also advised Daniele Barbaro and his brother Marcantonio Barbaro on the construction of their Villa Barbaro in Maser .

Barbaro also wrote numerous writings on art, mathematics, science, and optics. The use of a ground lens in a camera obscura is described for the first time in the work “ La pratica della persepttiva ” by Daniele Barbaro from 1569. Leonardo da Vinci had already recorded this knowledge in one of his sketchbooks , but these were not published during his lifetime.

Web links

Commons : Daniele Barbaro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chelsea Hoffmann, The Villa Barbaro: An Integration of Theatrival Concepts in Search of Absolute Illusion and Spital Unification, Colgate Academic Review 2012 p. 219 (online)
  2. ↑ Pia Parolin, Botanical Garden of Padua ( Memento from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Wissen.de, accessed December 5, 2013)
  3. ↑ official website of the Botanical Garden (Italian)
  4. ↑ Michaelangelo Murano: The villas in Veneto. Könemann, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-89508-214-7 , p. 205
  5. ^ Vitruvia. I dieci libri dell'architettura . 2nd edition Venice 1567. Reprint Cremona 1987
  6. ↑ Villa Barbaro ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Reclam's Art Guide. Northern Italy East. Arranged by Erich Egg, Erich Hubala u. a. Stuttgart 1965, p. 246
predecessor Office successor
Giovanni VI. Grimani Patriarch of Aquileia
1550–1570 		Aloisio Giustiniani
personal data
SURNAME Barbaro, Daniele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barbaro, Daniele Matteo Alvise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venetian scientist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1513
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1570
Place of death Venice