Giovanni Odazzi

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Giovanni Odazzi or Odasi (born March 25, 1663 in Rome ; † June 6, 1731 ibid) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Rococo in Rome.

Ceiling fresco in Santa Sabina
Detail from the Gloria of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Sant'Andrea al Quirinale

Life

Odazzi was a student of Ciro Ferri and Cornelis Blomaert , then works under Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Bacciccio). Finally he went to Carlo Maratta , under whom Odazzi further developed his art. On March 2, he became a member of the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon and on January 10, 1706 a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. The frescoes in Santa Maria in Aracoeli , based on the style of his teacher Bacciccio, are considered to be his earliest works. In 1710 he was commissioned by Cardinal Giovanni Maria Gabrielli to paint 2 panels for San Bernardo alle Terme . The ceiling fresco with the fall of the angel in SS. Apostoli , made a year earlier, with its figures integrated into the existing architectural elements, is an impressive example of illusionism , of which Andrea Pozzo was the most important representative . Under the pontificate of Pope Clement XI. Odazzi worked from 1614 to 1616 on the decoration of San Clemente and in 1618 in the San Giovanni in Laterano . Stylistically, Odazzi and Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari took on a leading role in the Roman Rococo after the death of Carlo Maratta (1713), which gave important impulses to Italian art of the 18th century. His brothers Antonio (around 1663-1731), Nicola (1673-1750) and Pietro Odazzi (1659-1727) was also a painter in Rome.

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The Holy Family in Santa Teresa alla Kalsa

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personal data
SURNAME Odazzi, Giovanni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Odasi, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Rococo painter and printmaker in Rome
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1731
Place of death Rome