Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

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Giovanni Antonio Amadeo relief
Portal of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan
Church facade of the Certosa di Pavia
Certosa di Pavia, washbasin room door
Colleoni's Chapel in Bergamo
Medea Colleoni's tomb

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (* 1447 in Pavia ; † August 27, 1522 in Milan ) ( Lugano town ) was an Italian- Swiss sculptor , architect and engineer.

biography

Born in the parish of San Lorenzo as the son of Luigi Amadeo from Lugano and Giovannina Griglio, he later lived alternately in Milan, in the Certosa di Pavia , in Torre del Mangano and Binasco near Pavia . His first bride was the daughter of the architect Guiniforte Solari from Carona TI .

Amadeo was involved in the takeover of the Tuscan Renaissance in Lombardy , where he was mainly active. The Cappella Colleoni in Bergamo , with its colored marble facade and sculptures, is one of the most beautiful examples of Amadeo's architecture. It was created in the years 1470–1476. In addition, the Colleoni tombs and the facade of the Certosa di Pavia were in his hand and he was involved in the crowning of the dome of the Milan Cathedral . His last major work was the sarcophagus of Saint Lanfranco in 1498 . One Giovanni Antonio Amadeo street is in Milan

Major works

  • The connecting door of the Chiostro piccolo of the Certosa of Pavia
  • The Cappella Colleoni in Bergamo
  • The tomb of Medea Colleoni
  • The tomb of Bartolomeo Colleoni
  • The terracotta decorations of the Cortiletto of San Lanfranco in Pavia
  • The graves of St. Martyrs Marius Marha, Audifax and Habakkuk in the Cathedral of Cremona
  • The sculptural decoration of the tomb of Sant'Arialdo in Cremona
  • The decorative sculptures in the main courtyard of the Ospedale Maggiore (Ca 'Granda) in Milan
  • The construction of the church of Santa Maria presso San Satiro in Milan
  • The decoration of the church facade of the Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Brescia
  • The sculptural decoration of the church facade of the Certosa di Pavia (1492)
  • The tomb of Martino Salimbene in the crypt of the Church of San Michele in Pavia
  • The Hof del Palazzo Bottigella (Rossi) in Pavia
  • The construction of the church of Santa Maria di Canepanova in Pavia
  • The construction of the Duomo of Pavia (1489/1500)
  • The crowning of the dome of the Milan Cathedral (1492/1500)
  • The tomb for Giovanni and Vitaliano Borromeo in the castle chapel on Isola Bella (Lake Maggiore)
  • The Sanctuary of Santa Maria alla Fontana in Milan
  • The sarcophagus of Saint Lanfranco (1498)
  • The crowning of the dome of the Tempio Civico della Beata Vergine Incoronata at Lodi (1513)
  • The crowning of the dome of the pilgrimage church Beata Vergine dei Miracoli in Saronno (1505)
  • The sculptural decoration of the facade of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo (Lugano) (1516)

literature

  • Edoardo Arslan :  Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 2:  Albicante – Ammannati. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
  • Antonio Cadei: Nota sul Bramante e l'Amadeo architetti del Duomo di Pavia. In Bollettino della Società Pavese di Storia Patria. , LXXII-LXXIII, Pavia 1972-73, pp 35-60.
  • Maria Nadia Covini: L'Amadeo e il collettivo degli ingegneri ducali. Cisalpino, Milan 1993.
  • Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua: Problemi di scultura Lombarda: i Mantegazza e l'Amadeo. In: Proporzioni. II, 1948, 89-107 e III, 1950, pp 123-140.
  • Guido Scaramellini: L'architetto Amadeo in Valtellina e Valchiavenna. In: Società storica valtellinese. Addua, studi in onore di R. Sertoli Salis. Sondrio, 1981
  • Richard V. Schofield, Janice Shell, Grazioso Sironi: Giovanni Antonio Amadeo / I documenti. Edizioni New Press, Como 1989.
  • Janice Shell, Liliana Castelfranchi (Ed.): Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Scultura e architettura del suo tempo. Cisalpino, Milan 1993.
  • Grazioso Sironi: Novità documentarie: L'Amadeo e il tiburio di Santa Maria delle Grazie. In: Bramante a Milano. Atti del convegno, Milano 1986, pp. 37-40.
  • Gigliola Soldi Rondinini: Il contratto d'apprendistato di Giovanni Antonio Amadeo. In: Nuova Rivista Storica. LXXIX, 1995, pp. 143-150.

Honors

In Milan, Via Giovanni Antonio Amadeo was named after him.

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Antonio Amadeo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio . 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. 367-370 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Giovanni Antonio Amadeo Street in Milan on moovitapp.com/index/de
personal data
SURNAME Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor and builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1447
PLACE OF BIRTH Pavia
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1522
Place of death Milan