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Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709)

Aliases: Andrea Pozzi; Andrea "dal" Pozzo; Andrea "del" Pozzo; Andrea (1642) Pozzo; Andrea Puteus

Professions: Painter

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    Cerchia di Andrea Pozzo (Trento 1642-1709 Vienna)

    Cerchia di Andrea Pozzo (Trento 1642-1709 Vienna)

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    POZZO, Andrea (1642-1709). Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin . London: Benjamin Motte, 1707.

    POZZO, Andrea (1642-1709). Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin . London: Benjamin Motte, 1707.

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    POZZO, Andrea (1642-1709) Perspectiva Pictorum et

    POZZO, Andrea (1642-1709) Perspectiva Pictorum et

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    POZZO, Andrea (1642-1709). Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc. London: Benj. Motte for John Sturt, 1707. 2° (403 x 254mm). Engraved frontispiece, titles in English and Latin, headpiece and initial to

    POZZO, Andrea (1642-1709). Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects, etc. London: Benj. Motte for John Sturt, 1707. 2° (403 x 254mm). Engraved frontispiece, titles in English and Latin, headpiece and initial to

Andrea Pozzo Biography

(b Trento, 30 Nov 1642; d Vienna, 31 Aug 1709). Italian painter, architect and stage designer. He was a brilliant quadratura painter, whose most celebrated works, such as the decoration of the church of S Ignazio in Rome, unite painting, architecture and sculpture in effects of overwhelming illusionism and are among the high-points of Baroque church art. He was a Jesuit lay brother and produced his most significant work for the Society of Jesus. This affiliation was fundamental to his conception of art and to his heightened awareness of the artist’s role as instrumental in proclaiming the faith and stimulating religious fervour. The methods he used were those of Counter-Reformation rhetoric, as represented in Ignatius Loyola’s Spirited Exercises (1548). His architectural works are eclectic, and his unconventional combination of varied sources led to bold experiments with both space and structure. His ideas were spread by his highly successful two-volume treatise, Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum (1693–1700).

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  • ANDREA POZZO Pozzo, André; La Perspective propre des Peintres et des Architectes. Seconde Partie: Dans la quelle on enseigne une methode courte & facile de representer en perspective tous les Desseins de l'Architecture., Andrea Pozzo, Click for value View Details

    Andrea Pozzo

    ANDREA POZZO Pozzo, André; La Perspective propre des Peintres et des Architectes. Seconde Partie: Dans la quelle on enseigne une methode courte & facile de representer en perspective tous les Desseins de l'Architecture.

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    Andrea Pozzo

    Fra Andrea Pozzo (Trento 1642 - 1709 Wien) Das

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