FONTANA, DOMENICO

dōmĕˈnēkō, 1543–1607, Italian architect. He went to Rome, where he built (c.1580) the Sistine Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore for Cardinal Peretti. When his patron was made pope (Sixtus V), Fontana played a leading part in the great rebuilding of Rome. He designed the Lateran palace (1588) and portions of the Vatican, notably the library (1588). An engineer as well as an architect, he built, with his brother Giovanni, the great aqueduct and fountain known as the Acqua Felice (1587) and in 1586 erected the obelisk in front of St. Peter's, a feat that won him wide renown. With Giacomo della Porta, he completed the dome of St. Peter's. On the death of Sixtus V, Fontana's Roman career collapsed; he withdrew to Naples, where he built the imposing royal palace (1600) and where he died before the execution of his magnificent designs for the improvement of the harbor.

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books on: Fontana Domenico  - 126 results

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Domenico Cimarosa: His Life and His Operas
Book by Nick Rossi, Talmage Fauntleroy; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Cimarosa, Domenico--1749-1801, Cimarosa, Domenico--1749-1801--Operas, Composers--Italy--Biography, Opera--18th Century
...sulla vita e sulle opere di Domenico Cimarosa Milan: G. Ricordi Cie., 1901 , p. 24. 10 Domenico Cimarosa, Artemisia . holograph...Trevisan, Net primo centenario di Domenico Cimarosa Venice: Stab. Tipo-Litografico Successore M. Fontana, 1900 , p. 25. 12 Ibid...
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The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style
Book by W. Dean Sutcliffe; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Music--18th Century--History And Criticism, Scarlatti, Domenico--1685-1757--Sonatas--Harpsichord, Sonatas (Harpsichord)--Analysis, Appreciation, Style, Musical
...Sheveloff, Uncertainties in Domenico Scarlattis Musical Language, in Domenico Scarlatti e il suo tempo...used in Musicology (London: Fontana, 1985), 53. 68 Schenker...Heinrich Schenker, Chopin and Domenico Scarlatti, Music Analysis...
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The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Roy Domenico; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Italy--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...15 , 24 25 , 223 Foix, Gaston de, 97 , 187 , 189 Foligno, 348 , 349 , 354 Fondo, 307 Fontana, Domenico, 62 Fontana, Giovanni, 117 , 142 Fontana Liri, 146 Food: and Abruzzo, 3 4 ; Apulia, 17 18 ; Basilicata, 32 ; Calabria, 41 42...
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Artists, Writers, and Musicians: An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the World
Book by Michel-André Bossy, Thomas Brothers, John C. Mcenroe, Kim Domenico, Steven Goldberg, James Manheim, Deborah Pokinski, Sasha Watson; Oryx Press, 2001
Subjects: Artists--Biography, Arts
...Stravinsky influence, 173 folk-rock genre, 64 , 85 Fontana, Lavinia, 8 Fontana Mix Cage composition , 33 Ford, Gerald, 8 Forest...Eyck polyptych , 186 Ghibellines, 50 Ghirlandaio, Domenico, 121 Ghosts Ibsen , 92 Giacometti, Alberto, 130...
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A Stranger in My Own Body: Atypical Gender Identity Development and Mental Health
Book by Domenico Di Ceglie, David Freedman; Karnac Books, 1998
Subjects: Gender Identity Disorders In Adolescence, Gender Identity Disorders In Children
...states become traits. Infant Mental Health Journal, 16 4, Winter : 271-289. Phillips A. 1988 . Winnicott . London: Fontana Press. Piaget J. 1954 . The Construction to Reality in the Child . New York: Basic Books. Pilkington N. W., DAugelli...
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journal articles on: Fontana Domenico  - 23 results

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Flight from History? the Communist Movement between Self-criticism and Self-contempt
Journal article by Domenico Losurfo; Nature, Society, and Thought, Vol. 13, 2000
Subjects: China, Communism, Europe, Geography, International, Marxism, Political dissent, Politics, Rebellions, Social conditions & trends, Socialism
...Self-criticism and Self-contempt by Domenico Losurfo Introduction In 1818, in the...architecture of an American myth. New York: Fontana. Ambrose, Stephen E. 1991 Eisenhower...Moscow: Progress Publishers. Losurdo, Domenico. 1996a. Il revisionismo storico. Rome...
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Framing St. Peter's: Urban Planning in Fascist Rome
Journal article by Terry Kirk; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Architecture, Catholic churches, Christianity, Church & state, Design, History, Politics, Proposals, Religion, Urban areas
...almost finished, Pope Sixtus V had Domenico Fontana erect an obelisk in front of the site...end of the seventeenth century, Carlo Fontana, assistant to Bernini and descendant of Domenico Fontana, the obelisk engineer, assessed the...
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The Discourse of Failure in Seventeenth-century Rome: Prospero Bresciano's Moses
Journal article by Steven F. Ostrow; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Art criticism, Art history, Fountains, Sculpture
...Italian Notebooks (1858) The Fontana dellAcqua Felice (Figs. 1...the fountain, designed by Domenico Fontana, stands as one of the most important...the oversight of the project to Domenico Fontana and the restoration work to Flaminio...
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Women on the Quirinal Hill: Patronage in Rome, 1560-1630
Journal article by Carolyn Valone; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 76, 1994
Subjects: Architecture, Area planning & development, Patronage, Renaissance period, Rome Italy, Women
...progressing because the popes architect, Domenico Fontana, was instructed to make available...Cigoli, Santi di Tito, and Domenico Passignano, to depict three scenes...Testamenti e Donazioni (notary Domenico Amadeus), 45, fols. 570-571...
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The Monument, Or, Christopher Wren's Roman Accent
Journal article by John E. Moore; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Art criticism, Fires, London England, Memorials & monuments, Wren, Christopher S
...basilicas in the capital of the Roman Catholic Church. Domenico Fontana, the architect in charge of this radical restructuring...transferred to its present location at the Lateran by Fontana in 1588. Incorporating exact words and closely recast...
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Obelisks and Empires of the Mind
Magazine article by Anthony Grafton; American Scholar, Vol. 71, Winter 2002
Subjects: Antiquities, Egypt, Monuments, Obelisks--History, Rome, Italy
...hot competition, the architect Domenico Fontana received the commission to carry...art engineering. Sixtus and Fontana staged it as a solemn public ritual...to speak or even to spit while Fontana and his men worked--on pain...
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The Egyptians Used 8,362 Men to Erect an Obelisk-Not Including the 900 Who Died
Magazine article by Kieran Long; The Architectural Review, Vol. 225, May 2009
Subjects: A History Brian Curran (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...treatises about how the task could be achieved. Then, the pope gave the job to an old friend. Forty-two-year-old Domenico Fontana had been responsible for building a palace for Sixtus when he was a cardinal, and seemed to be in the box seat for...
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One for All: Steven Henry Madoff on the Venice Biennale
Magazine article by Steven Henry Madoff; Artforum International, Vol. 41, May 2003
Subjects: Art, Modern--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Bonami, Francesco, Modernism (Art), Venice Biennale (Arts exhibition)
...PAINTING: FROM RAUSCHENBERG TO MURAKAMI, 1964-2003 Francesco Bonaml Robert Rauschenberg Lucio Fontana Bridget Riley Alberto Burn Andy Warhol Domenico Gnoli Richard Hamilton Philip Guston Roy Lichtenstein Enrico Casteliani Jan Hafstrom Maria Lassnig...
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The Ghirardelli Story
Magazine article by Sidney Lawrence; California History, Vol. 81, Spring-Fall 2002
Subjects: Chocolate industry--History, Ghirardelli Chocolate Co.--History, Italian Americans--History, San Francisco, California--History
...displayed for a time in a factory warehouse. Dennis de Domenico, the Golden Grain family executive for the Ghirardelli...Jan. 29, 1962, Ibid. (112.) Vincent de Domenico, in The De Domenico Family: Growth of the Golden Grain Company through...
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A Cremonese Sound - the Violin Makers of Cremona, Italy
Magazine article by Martin Gani; World and I, Vol. 16, February 2001
Subjects: Cremona, Stradivari, Antonio--Works, Violin makers--History
...symphonic music and opera. Virtually every composer from G.B. Fontana (d. 1630), who first put it to extensive use, to Stravinsky...public garden marks the spot where he was buried in the San Domenico church. Sadly, when the church was demolished in 1869, nobody...
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newspaper articles on: Fontana Domenico  - 4 results

 
 
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Where Lady Chatterley Danced Naked through the Vines with Her Sicilian Lover; Frank Barrett Visits Taormina,home to D.H.Lawrence in the 1920s and Inspiration for His Classic Tale of Lust
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 11, 2005
Subjects: Lady Chatterley's Lover (Novel)
...brief residence at the Villa Fontana Vecchia. Taormina was but...in the days of the Greeks. Fontana Vecchia was our own house above...one day when he was visiting Fontana Vecchia, Frieda suddenly appeared...sign of any naked heyday, San Domenico-Palace the town Hotel, Dominican...
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Real Estate Transfers
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 7, 2000
...Carol Stream, 60188; sold Jan. 27 by Gary A. Hudson to Domenico Scaletta. Hanover Park $176,000; 4740 Thistle Court...Lane, West Chicago, 60185; sold Jan. 28 by Michael P. Fontana to Deborah R. Taylor. $140,000; 359 Fairview Ave...
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Honor Roll Warren Township High School
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 26, 2009
...Meagher, Leon Megerdichian, Chester Ryan Michna, Giovanni Domenico Moccia, Emily Jane Mohapp, Maria Del Carmen Montero, Donald...Mitchell Durkin Filipiak, Andrew Steven Fleisher, Zachary James Fontana, Ivy Marlene Ford, Austin James Fortner, Cecilia Guadalupe...
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Real Estate Transfers
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 6, 2000
...Stream, 60188; sold Jan. 27, 2000 by Gary A. Hudson to Domenico Scaletta. Glendale Heights $132,500; 53 E. Drummond Ave...West Chicago, 60185; sold Jan. 28, 2000 by Michael P. Fontana to Deborah R. Taylor. $140,000; 359 Fairview Ave...


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encyclopedia articles on: Fontana Domenico  - 4 results

 
 
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Fontana, Domenico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FONTANA, DOMENICO dome neko fonta na, 1543 1607, Italian architect. He went to Rome...Maggiore for Cardinal Peretti. When his patron was made pope (Sixtus V), Fontana played a leading part in the great rebuilding of Rome. He designed the...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Renaissance and baroque fountains, such as the ornate Fontana di Trevi (18th cent.). Its richest museums and libraries...papal court, Bramante , Michelangelo , Raphael , and Domenico Fontana were the chief creators of Rome as it is today. Saint...
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Saint Peter's Church
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...piazza bounded by quadruple colonnades. The great obelisk of Heliopolis, brought to Rome by Caligula, was moved by Domenico Fontana, and now adorns the center of the piazza. A monumental avenue leading to the piazza was added by Mussolini. In...
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Italian Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...refinements to the understanding of the laws of perspective. Domenico Veneziano and Piero della Francesca were attracted to Florence...painter Giorgio Morandi, and the iconoclastic painter Lucio Fontana. In the second half of the 20th cent. Italian designers...


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