Michelangelo Garovi

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Portal of the Palazzo Asinari San Marzano
San Martino Church (La Morra)
Venaria Reale, Belvedere and Padiglione Garove

Michelangelo Garovi or Garove (* 29. September 1648 in Chieri or 3. December 1650 in Bissone ; † 22. September 1713 in Turin ) was a Swiss-Italian architect of the Baroque .

Life

Michelangelo Garovi was the son of the builder Francesco Garovi and Caterina Porra from Bissone. In Turin he trained as an architect. At the age of 21, he entered the service of the Dukes of Savoy and was involved in the original construction of the Venaria Reale hunting lodge . As an engineer, he planned the Palazzo Asinari di San Marzano in Turin (1684–1686).

Works

The buildings for which he was responsible should be mentioned:

  • the Palazzo Morozzo della Rocca in Turin (which was bombed in 1943);
  • the Palazzo Taparelli d'Azeglio in Turin (1683–1689; the facade was later rebuilt in the classical style);
  • the Church of San Martino (La Morra) in La Morra (1684–1695);
  • the completion of the conversion of the Venaria Reale hunting lodge into a royal palace (from 1699);
  • the Piazza Savoia in Turin (1711).
  • His last work was the new University of Turin , which he designed for the Duke of Savoy and King of Sicily, Vittorio Amedeo II. , 1712-1713. It was completed by Filippo Juvarra and Giovanni Battista Ricca from Pambio .

literature

  • Cecilia Castiglioni: Michelangelo Garove 1648–1713. Ingegnere militare nella capitale sabauda. Celid, Torino 2010.
  • Paolo Cornaglia (Ed.): Michelangelo Garove (1648–1713). Un architetto per Vittorio Amedeo II. Atti del convegno (Reggia di Venaria, December 11–12, 2009), Campisano, Roma 2011.
  • Laura Damiani Cabrini: Michelangelo Garovi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 7, 2005 , accessed January 13, 2020 .
  • Angelo Garovi: Michelangelo Garove - a Ticino architect between Guarini and Juvarra in Turin. In: Obwaldner Brattig 1993, pp. 65-69.
  • Luigi Simona: Artisti della Svizzera italiana in Torino e Piemonte. Nuove ricerche. Report house, Zurich 1933.
  • Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Battista Garove. in: Ticino artists in Europe , artist II.
  • Marino Viganò: Ingegneri militari “ticinesi” nel Piemonte sabaudo. Opere di fortificazione tra XVI e XVIII secolo. In: Svizzeri a Torino nella storia, nell'arte, nella cultura, nell'economia dal Cinquecento ad oggi. Edited by Giorgio Mollisi and Laura Facchin. In: Arte & Storia XI (2011), pages 88-113.
  • Micaela Viglino Davico: Fortezze alla “moderna” e ingegneri militari del ducato sabaudo. Celid, Torino 2005, p. 336.

Web links

Commons : Michelangelo Garove  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michelangelo Garove / ii on deutsche-biographie.de (accessed on January 4, 2017).
  2. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Michelangelo Garove. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Michelangelo Garove / i on nzz.ch (accessed November 27, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Garovi, Michelangelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Garove, Michelangelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-Italian plasterer of the early Baroque
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1648 or December 3, 1650
PLACE OF BIRTH Bissone , Chieri
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1713
Place of death Turin