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Baldassare Longhena

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320: 298: 244: 17: 226: 208: 160:. As Branko Mitrović states in his book on renaissance architecture: "Scamozzi...adjusted the central intercolumnation of the main portico so that the edges of columns can be seen from the end of a circular hall. Visually, this is a way to suggest from inside that there is another formal space beyond the entrance door... Baldassare Longhena used a similar system of non-orthogonal axes in Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. As with Palladio, it is unclear whether Longhena intended to form such visual axes or whether they are a by-product of his complex geometries." 190: 172: 262: 280: 327: 141:
Between 1641 and 1680 he designed the new library, the grand staircase, the monastery façade, the Novitiate building, the sick-room and the guest-rooms of the San Giorgio Maggiore monastery.
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built between 1656 and 1680, although the façade of the latter church was designed by Giuseppe Sardi (1624–1699). He also designed the
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and the Zattere is one of the city's best-known landmarks. The main entrance, modeled on the
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He designed many other churches in the city, among them the Chiesa dell'Ospedaletto and
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and the Palazzo Giustiniani Lolin, both facing the Canal Grande.
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and after Scamozzi's death completed his monumental
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Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
architect
Venice
Baroque
Venice
Vincenzo Scamozzi
Procuratie Nuove
St. Mark's Square
Venetian Republic
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
Virgin
plague
domed
peninsula
Canal Grande
Roman
arch
cathedrals
Santa Maria di Nazareth
Palazzo Belloni Battagia
Chioggia Cathedral
Grand Canal of Venice
Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Pesaro
Vincenzo Scamozzi
Andrea Palladio
Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Pesaro

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