Antonio da Sangallo the Young person

Antonio Cordiani , known as Antonio da Sangallo the Young person (Florence, April 12th, 1484 - Tarnished, August 3rd, 1546) is an Italian architect of the Renaissance.

Biography

He is called the Young person to differentiate it from Antonio da Sangallo the Old man, his uncle.

With this last, it leaves to Rome in 1530 and becomes the disciple of Bramante. He saw and works in Rome the majority of his life and often works with the service of various popes.

Its most perfect work is the church Santa Maria di Loreto , in brick S and Travertin, close to the Colonne Trajane.

It supplements the church San Giovanni dei Fiorentini started with Jacopo Sansovino, close to the Tevere bank, to Bridge Sant' Angelo.

It builds the vault Paolina, the Sala Regia dei Palazzi Vaticani with the the Vatican.

Named by the pope Paul III, architect of all the pontifical factories in 1536, it increases and reorganizes the fortifications of Leon ( Mura Leonine ) and modernizes the Mur of Aurélien. Close to the Cavalleggeri door, a Bastione Sangallo is still visible.

Its most elaborate work is the lower part of the court of the Farnese Palate, then supplemented by Michel-Angel.

After the Bag of Rome, Antonio works mainly apart from the city, especially as architect military, for the fortifications of Ancone, for the well of San Patrizio to Orvieto, very deep and ingeniously dug in the rock, with a stepladder with spiral, like the well of Saladino in the citadel of Cairo.

He is elected by the pope Paul III, in 1545, to dig another channel, the Cava Paolina , with the Lake Velino close to the cascade of Marmore ( cascata delle Marmore ) where he dies during work in 1546.

Principal works

  • the Palate Baldassini in Rome.
  • the churches Santa Maria di Loreto and San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome.
  • the Villa Madam in Rome (beginning in 1518).
  • the Basilica Saint-Pierre in Rome (architect as a chief as from 1520).
  • the Palate Farnèse in Rome (1534-1546), chosen by the Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (future Paul III).
  • Various buildings with the the Vatican like the Cappella Paolina and the Salted Regia
  • the Villa Farnèse, the Farnèse palate of Caprarola , about 1559, for the cardinal Alexandre Farnèse.
  • the Fortress of Basso of Florence in 1534
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