Galeazzo_Alessi

Galeazzo Alessi

Galeazzo Alessi

Italian architect

Galeazzo Alessi (1512 – 30 December 1572) was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture. He studied drawing for civil and military architecture under the direction of Giovanni Battista Caporali.[1]

Alessi's original project for the façade of Palazzo Marino, Milan, altered in the execution

For a number of years he lived in Genoa. He was involved in the lay-out of the streets and the restoration of the city walls, as well as being responsible for many of its impressive palazzi, now a part of the World Heritage List. Alessi displayed particular aptitude for organizing compositions on sloping sites.[2]

Selected works

Perugia

  • Rocca Paolina, remodelling
  • Loggia at the Oratorio di S. Angelo della Pace
  • S. Maria del Popolo (Camera di Commercio)
  • Loggia for the Palazzo dei Priori, remodelling
  • Convent of Santa Giuliana (S. Caterina)
  • Portale of the Villa del Leone
  • Doorway in the southern flank of the Duomo
  • Works for San Pietro

Assisi

Genoa

Milan

Sacro Monte di Varallo (Vercelli)

  • City plan

Rome

References

  1. [1]
    Sturgis, Russell (1901). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Volume I. Macmillan. p. 41.
  2. [2]
    Fleming, John; Honour, Hugh; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998). The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (5 ed.). Penguin. p. 10. ISBN 0-14-051323-X.
  3. [3]
    Curl, James Stevens (1999). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.
  • Rossi, Di Galeazzo Alessi memorie (Perugia, 1873)
  • Emmina De Negri, Galeazzo Alessi : architetto a Genova, (Quaderni dell'Istituto di storia dell'arte dell'Università di Genova, number 1, (Genoa) 1957).
  • Galeazzo Alessi e l'architettura del Cinquecento, atti del convegno internazionale di studi : Genoa, 16–20 April 1974, (Genoa 1975)
  • R. L. Torrijos, "Un testamento dimenticato di Galeazzo Alessi", in Architettura, storia e documenti, 1 (1985:97-100)
  • Thomas Henry Poole (1913). "Galeazzo Alessi" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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