Giuliano da Sangallo

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Portrait of Giuliano da Sangallo by Piero di Cosimo
Villa Medici in Poggio a Caiano

Giuliano da Sangallo (actually Giuliano Giamberti ; * around 1445 in Florence , Italy ; † 1516 there ) was an Italian architect and sculptor .

life and work

Giuliano da Sangallo was the brother of Antonio da Sangallo the Elder . He built the courtyard of Santa Maria Maddalena de 'Pazzi in Florence, the Palazzo Gondi from 1490–1494, the Villa Medicea in Poggio a Caiano for the Medici from 1480–1485 , and from 1489 together with S. Cronaca the Strozzi Palace. 1484-1495 he created in Prato in the Church of Santa Maria delle Carceri a dome of the Renaissance on a Greek cross. He also built the fortifications of Ostia and the monastery courtyard of San Pietro in Vincoli .

Soon after Julius II became Pope, he left Rome, returned for a short time, but then went to Florence. He later built the Citadel of Pisa . Under Leo X he stayed in Rome again for a short time, built the facade of Santa Maria dell'Anima in 1514 and was the construction manager of St. Peter's Basilica from 1514-1515 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Giuliano da Sangallo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Tönnesmann: Palazzo Gondi in Florence (= Roman studies of the Bibliotheca Hertziana 1). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1983, ISBN 978-3-88462-023-6 .