Carlo Amati

Carlo Amati ( born June 19, 1776 in Monza, † May 23, 1852 in Milan ) was an Italian architect.

Life

Carlo Amati was the older brother of the theologian Giacinto Amati. Early on, he worked on the architecture and taught them later as a professor at the Imperial and Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. He passed on his Greco-Roman design to his students, so that they Amati style more widely. On May 23, 1852 he died in Milan, where he had built a number of works, at the age of 75 years. After his death, a procession was held in honor of him who went out of the church built by him San Carlo Borromeo and ended at the church of S. Pietro Celestino, where he was buried.

Work

Amati was in charge of the decorations in the Cathedral of Pavia. He worked at the Milan Cathedral by, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, Pellegrini drawings executed in 1806 and designed the front of the church. In addition, Amati built the larger than average Milanese church of San Carlo Borromeo.

Amati has written books on the architecture. He was highly regarded by his writings and architectural achievements and was lauded with awards and Orde. Furthermore him the art academies in Vienna, St. Petersburg and Amsterdam as well as the Institute of France as a member took on.

Works

• Iconografia ed ortografia del Duomo di Milano (Milano)
• Antichità di Milano esistenti presso San Lorenzo ( 1822)
• Gli ordini di Architettura del Vignola
• Regole del Chiaroscuro in Architettura
• Apologia di M. Vitruvio
• L' Architettura di M. Vitruvio