Annibale Caracci
b. November 2, 1560; d. July 15, 1609.
Vicenzo Scamozzi
architect; b. 1552 (Vicenza); d. 1616 (Venice).
The name Scamozzi is derived from Camoccio (Camoscio), chamois leather, indicating some ancestral occupation. Vicenzo was a son of Giovanni Domenico Scamozzi, and a pupil and rival of Andrea Palladio. He studied mathematics under the Padre Clavio, who was employed by Gregory XIII in reforming the calendar. Scamozzi made a thorough study of the Roman monuments. In 1582 he went to Venice to continue the Libreria di S. Marco, begun by Sansovino. Scamozzi added the Anti Sala. He also continued the Procuratie Nuove, begun by Sansovino, adding a third story (see Longhena, B.). In 1593 Scamozzi designed and began the fortress of Palmanuova in Friuli (Italy). In 1600 he accompanied a Venetian embassy to France, Germany, and Hungary. An autograph account of the visit, with drawings, is in the museum at Vicenza. He built a casino at Lonigo, another at Castelfranco near Treviso, the Palazzo Trenta at Vicenza, the Palazzo Trissino at Vicenza, the Palazzo Verlato at Villaverla (1574), the Palazzo Raveschieri at Genoa, and the second story of Buontalenti's Palazzo Roberto Strozzi in Florence. About 1604 he designed the cathedral of Salzburg (Austria) and a part of the Schloss at Prague (Bohemia). Scamozzi published Discorsi sopra l'Antichità di Roma (Venice, 1582), and Dell' Idea dell' Architettura universale (2 vols., Venice, 1615). There is a modern edition, Pubblicata per cura di S.Ticozzi e L.Masieri (2 vols 8vo, Milan, 1838).
1870
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