Luca Beltrami

Luca Beltrami (born November 13, 1854 in Milan , † August 8, 1933 in Rome ) was an Italian architect and art historian . He was one of the first architects to specialize in the restoration of historical buildings. Forward-looking was his approach of subjecting the buildings to be restored to a historical and architectural analysis and also taking their “context” into account.

Life

Sarcophagus and bust of Luca Beltrami on the Cimitero Monumentale of Milan

After studying at the Politecnico di Milano , which he graduated in 1875 and where he became close friends with Luigi Conconi (1852-1917), he went to Paris for three years , where he was influenced by Charles Garnier and the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts frequented. He found the opportunity to do engravings of buildings in France: he was able to show a picture of the cathedral St-Trophime d'Arles several times at exhibitions.

From 1914 he was a member of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence .

Beltrami was buried on the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan.

Major works

Building of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (1918–1927), taken in 2007

New buildings or conversions

Palazzo de La Permanente in Via Turati (1883–1885)
New version of the facade of the Palazzo Marino (1886-1892)
Synagogue (1890-1892)
Building of the Assicurazioni Generali on Piazza Cordusio (1897–1899)
New construction of the editorial office and printing of the daily Corriere della Sera , Via Solferino (1903–1904)
Headquarters of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (1905–1911)
Palazzo Beltrami , former seat of the Banca Commerciale Italiana, today the legal department of the City of Milan, right next to the entrance to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (1918–1927)

Restorations

Castello Sforzesco in Milan (1893–1906)
Rocca Sforzesca in Soncino

Works

Relazione al Consiglio comunale del progetto di completamento del palazzo Marino nella fronte Verso Piazza della Scala , Milan 1886.
La Certosa di Pavia , Milan 1895.

literature

Paolo Mezzanotte: Beltrami, Luca. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 8: Bellucci – Beregan. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1966.
Luciana Baldrighi: Luca Beltrami e la Milano del suo tempo . Exhibition catalog (Milan November 10th - December 31st 1997). Milan 1997, 272 pp., Ill.

Web links

Commons : Luca Beltrami - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry in the Portale storico of the Camera dei deputati
Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia liberale database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate

Individual evidence

^ Membership list of the Crusca
↑ Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 62 (Italian, first edition: 1980).
^ ^A ^b Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 63 (Italian, first edition: 1980).
↑ Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 77 (Italian, first edition: 1980).
↑ Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 65 (Italian, first edition: 1980).
^ ^A ^b Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 106 (Italian, first edition: 1980).
↑ Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 79 (Italian, first edition: 1980).

personal data
SURNAME	Beltrami, Luca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian architect, art historian and politician, member of the Camera
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	August 8, 1933
Place of death	Rome

[1] Membership list of the Crusca

[2] Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 62 (Italian, first edition: 1980).

[Grandi_Pracchi_63-3] A ^b Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 63 (Italian, first edition: 1980).

[4] Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 77 (Italian, first edition: 1980).

[5] Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 65 (Italian, first edition: 1980).

[Grandi_Pracchi_106-6] A ^b Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 106 (Italian, first edition: 1980).

[7] Maurizio Grandi, Attilio Pracchi: Milano. Guida all'architettura moderna . Zanichelli, Bologna 1998, ISBN 88-08-05210-9 , pp. 79 (Italian, first edition: 1980).