Giuseppe Sardi (architect, 1680)

Facade of the Church of St. Magdalena in Rome

Giuseppe Sardi (* around 1680 in Sant'Angelo in Vado , Pesaro , Italy , † 1753 in Rome ) was a Roman architect of the Baroque , not to be confused with the Venetian architect Giuseppe Sardi (1624–1699).

Sardi was self-taught . His work is based on the main principles of Francesco Borromini .

Works (selection)

• The design of the facade of the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome (1734–1735) is attributed to him.

literature

• Mattia Loret: Sardi, Giuseppe . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 464 .
• Nina A. Mallory: The Architecture of Giuseppe Sardi. And the Attribution of the Façade of the Church of the Maddalena . In: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians . tape 26 , no. 2 , 1967, ISSN  0037-9808 , pp. 83-101 , doi : 10.2307 / 988414 , JSTOR : 988414 .
• Sardi, Giuseppe. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . Volume 90: Salvestrini – Saviozzo da Siena. Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, Rome 2017 ( treccani.it , here with the indication born 1688).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sardi, Giuseppe. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
2. ↑ Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio. lazio-directory.org, accessed September 26, 2019 .