Pietro Cataneo

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Pratiche delle due prime matematiche , 1567

Pietro Cataneo (* 1510 probably in Siena ; † 1569 or 1574 ) was an Italian Renaissance architect , mathematician and military engineer.

Cataneo was a student of Baldassare Peruzzi (1481–1536). He is best known for his work I Quattro Primi Libri di Architettura (1554), which deals with the design of fortified cities, church and civil architecture. The work has particularly influenced Andrea Palladio .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc.
personal data
SURNAME Cataneo, Pietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1510
PLACE OF BIRTH Siena
DATE OF DEATH 1569 or 1574