Palazzo Corner Spinelli

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The front of the palace; left Palazzo Curti Valmarana, right Casa Salome Barocci

The Palazzo Corner Spinelli , also Palazzo Lando Corner Spinelli , is a palace in the Venetian sestiere San Marco (Campielle del Teatro, San Marco, 3877), the front of which overlooks the Grand Canal , on whose left bank the building rises. It is considered to be one of the most important city palaces from the period of transition between Venetian Gothic and Renaissance . Mauro Codussi has been considered a master builder since Pietro Paoletti claimed this in 1897. More recent studies assign the work to the Codussi school, but the compositional language of form differs greatly from the master's other patterns.

history

The Lando family had the building erected at the triangle between Rio di Ca'Santi and Canal Grande at a time that cannot be determined more precisely, between 1485 and 1490, but Pietro Lando, the Archbishop of Candia (not to be confused with the Doge of the same name ), had the capital Crete , sell it to Zuane Corner in 1542 because the Lando were in economic trouble. For his part, Zuane Corner was looking for a new home since a devastating fire destroyed his palace in San Polo. The palaces Contarini Polignac, Zorzi a San Severo, Gussoni a San Lio and the Ca 'Dario also date from this construction period.

View from the terrace of the Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza over the Grand Canal

Michele Sanmicheli, with the participation of Giorgio Vasari , was commissioned to modernize the building according to contemporary tastes . While the facade was retained, a new staircase was built in the rear part of the androne . Giovanni Cornaro had chimneys installed in all of the larger rooms. On the other side of the Grand Canal, intensive building activities also unfolded on Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza in the 1560s to 1590s .

From 1740 to 1810 the house was rented to the Spinelli family, then sold to the Cornoldi. The Spinelli were a wealthy family of silk merchants from Castelfranco . In 1850 it became the property of the famous dancer Marie Taglioni , who also owned the Giustinian Lolin , Barzizza and Ca 'd'Oro palaces , which the Russian prince Trubezkoi had given her in 1847. The building on the right was designed in neo-renaissance forms from the beginning of the 20th century.

The Rubelli finally took over the building and set up the headquarters of a textile manufacture there. Today the building belongs to Lorenzo Rubelli.

description

Photography by Carlo Ponti (around 1823-1893)

The Corner Palace is an expression of the transition from the Venetian Gothic to the Renaissance, whereby it is strongly influenced by the Ca 'Vendramin Calergi . As with Mauro Codussi's later built palace , such as the Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi, the twin windows named after the architect were also installed here.

The facade, which is divided into three parts in the Venetian manner, overlooks the Grand Canal. A rusticated water floor was created above a limestone frieze with festoons, above which the mezzanine and the Ionic corner frame rise. The two piani nobili have an almost golden relationship to this base . Only the first floor is particularly emphasized by the balconies of the side parts with the floor plan of half a quatrefoil . The cornice separating the piani nobili has an egg stick throughout .

literature

  • Allyson Jane Burgess: Urbis Genio. The Classicizing of the Venetian Palace Facade in the Pre-Sansovino Period, 1480-1510 , thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989, pp. 74-79. ( online , PDF)

Web links

Commons : Palazzo Corner Spinelli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Elena Bassi: Palazzi di Venezia. Admiranda urbis Venetae , Venice 1987, pp. 386-395.
  2. ↑ Allyson Jane Burgess: Urbis Genio. The Classicizing of the Venetian Palace Facade in the Pre-Sansovino Period, 1480-1510 , thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989, p. 73.
  3. ^ Richard John Goy: Building Renaissance Venice. Patrons, Architects and Builders, c. 1430-1500 , Yale University Press, 2006, p. 285, note 19.
  4. ↑ Allyson Jane Burgess: Urbis Genio. The Classicizing of the Venetian Palace Facade in the Pre-Sansovino Period, 1480-1510 , thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989, p. 65.
  5. ^ Marcello Brusegan : I Palazzi di Venezia , Newton & Compton, Rome 2007, p. 92.
  6. ↑ Marcello Brusegan: I Palazzi di Venezia , Newton & Compton, Rome 2007, p. 91.

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 8 ″  N , 12 ° 19 ′ 50 ″  E