Mario Gioffredo
Mario Gaetano Gioffredo, also called the Neapolitan Vitruvius (14 May 1718 – 8 March 1785), was an Italian architect, engineer, and engraver.
Biography
[edit]He was born and died in Naples. He trained under Martino Buonocore.[1] He was active in a Neoclassical style. He designed the Palazzo Partanna in Naples. He also worked in designs for the Teatrino of the Palazzo d'Afflitto (1748); the design of the Palazzo Latilla (1754), and the Palazzo Cavalcanti (1762). He designed the church of Spirito Santo (1774),[2][3] and the monasteries of Maria Maddalena and Santa Caterina da Siena.[4]
He wrote a treatise of architecture (1768).[5] In 1783, he was named the Royal architect to the Neapolitan Court, but had become blind.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Vicende della coltura nelle due Sicilie, by Pietro Napoli-Signorelli. Volume II, 2nd edition, Naples (1811); page 240.
- ^ Encyclopedia Treccani, entry.
- ^ Storia de' monumenti di Napoli e degli architetti Volume 1, By Camillo Napoleone Sasso, page 489-490.
- ^ Napoli-Signorelli; page 242.
- ^ Dell'Architettura by Mario Gioffredo.
- ^ Napoli-Signorelli; page 242.
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