Tommaso Temanza
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Tommaso Temanza (9 March 1705 – 14 June 1789) was an Italian architect and author of the Neoclassic period. Born in Venice, he was active both in his natal city and the mainland towns of the Republic of Venice.
Biography
His family held bureaucratic posts for the city of Venice. He studied in
Santa Maria Maddalena (where his remains rest), the church of San Servolo and the chapel Sagredo in San Francesco della Vigna
. The abandoned project for the facade of Ca' Sagredo in Venice.
He is best known for his 1778 biography of architects from Venice: Vite dei più celebri architetti e scrittori veneziani.[1] In 1762, he also wrote a biography of Andrea Palladio (Vita di Andrea Palladio).[2]
Works
- Antica pianta dell'inclita citta di Venezia (in Italian). Venezia: Carlo Palese. 1781.
Sources
- Bibliography
- Negri, Francesco (1830). Notizie intorno alla Persona e all'Opere di Tommaso Temanza Architetto Veneziano. Venice; Googlebooks: Tipografia Fracasso.
tomasso temenza architteto.
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