Carlo Theti

Carlo Theti (* 1529 in Nola , † 1589 in Padua ) was an Italian architect , military engineer and author of several treatises .

He studied at the University of Naples mathematics and specialized in the field of architecture and fortifications . His studies of fortifications were highly valued by the princes and experts of the time.

As an advisor he was available to Pompeo and Prospero Colonna, among others . Emperor Maximilian II used his services for the Hungarian fortifications Ersekujvar , Nagykanizsa and Komárom . At the Saxon court in Dresden Theti was from Elector August a . a. employed as educator of Prince Elector Christian I. 1583–1589. Theti played a key role in the links between the Saxon court and the northern Italian courts, which was also expressed, for example, in the intensive exchange of diplomatic gifts (such as horses, weapons, art objects).

In Italy Theti was in the service of the Dukes of Savoy in Turin , at the court of the Este in Ferrara and with the Medici in Florence .

He was buried in the Basilica of Sant'Antonio in Padua .

Works

Istruzione per i Bombardieri , Carmagnola 1584 .
Dell'Espugnazione e difesa delle fortezze , Turin 1585 .
Discorsi sulle fortificazioni , (posthumously) Vicenza 1617 .
Dell'uso del compasso , manuscript in private library.

literature

Pietro Manzi: Carlo Theti, da Nola, ingegnere militare del sec. XVI , Rome 1960.
Damian Dombrowski: The equestrian monument at the Pirnischer Tor to Dresden. Urban planning and art policy under Elector Christian I of Saxony , in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, 3rd volume 50 (1999), pp. 107–146.

Web links

Online access to works by Carlo Theti via the Munich Digitization Center [1]

Individual evidence

^ Julius Richter: Education at the court of the Wettin Albertinian (Haubt) line (Monumenta Germaniae Paedagogica, Volume 52), Berlin 1913, p. 60.
↑ Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly : Chivalry and Professionalism in Electoral Saxony in the Mid-Sixteenth Century , in: David JB Trim (Ed.) The Chivalric Ethos and the Development of Military Professionalism, Leiden / Boston / Köln 2003, p. 213 –234, here: p. 218.

personal data
SURNAME	Theti, Carlo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tetti, Charles; Tetti, Carlo; Teti, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Military engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	1529
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nola
DATE OF DEATH	1589
Place of death	Padua

[1] Julius Richter: Education at the court of the Wettin Albertinian (Haubt) line (Monumenta Germaniae Paedagogica, Volume 52), Berlin 1913, p. 60.

[2] Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly : Chivalry and Professionalism in Electoral Saxony in the Mid-Sixteenth Century , in: David JB Trim (Ed.) The Chivalric Ethos and the Development of Military Professionalism, Leiden / Boston / Köln 2003, p. 213 –234, here: p. 218.