Jacopo Sansovino
Jacopo Sansovino (actually Jacopo Tatti Jacopo d' Antonio Tatti or, * July 2, 1486 in Florence, † November 27, 1570 in Venice ) was an Italian sculptor and architect of the Renaissance.
- 2.1 buildings
- 2.2 sculptures
Life
Florence and Rome 1486-1527
Sansovino was born in Florence, the son of a mattress maker. To 1501, he joined the workshop of Andrea Sansovino whose name he later adopted. Around 1506 he went at the invitation of Giuliano da Sangallo to Rome, where he met Bramante and Raphael. Sangallo employed him as an employee in the work on the Belvedere of the Vatican. In Rome he worked primarily as a sculptor and as a restorer of antique statues. 1511 he returned to Florence. There he participated in the competition held by a specific for the Mercato Nuovo figure, without receiving the order. His first important work was a Florentine statue of St. James for the Duomo and a Bacchus statue for Giovanni Bartolini.
1515 Leo X, Pope from the house of Medici, in Florence was solemnly received. Sansovino was involved as many other Florentine artists of the festive decorations for the occasion. When the Pope wrote out a competition for the design of today untreated raw facade of San Lorenzo, Sansovino was defeated by Michelangelo.
From 1518-1527 to Sansovino held again in Rome, where he worked as an architect in addition to his work as a sculptor. From this period the designs for the churches of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini and San Marcello al Corso come. Through the Sacco di Roma, the sack of Rome by the troops of Emperor Charles V, the construction of San Marcello was canceled and Sansovino fled, like many of his colleagues from Rome. On his trip to France, he stopped off in Venice, which he never left until his death, except for a visit to his hometown of Florence in 1540.
Venice 1527-1570
On the recommendation of Cardinal Grimani, he received in 1527 from the Doge Andrea Gritti, the contract for the restoration of the main dome of San Marco. Two years later he became the proto, that is the supreme architect appointed to San Marco. He designed the choir for two pulpits. In the same year he began the major reconstruction of the marketplace: redesigned and completed the Old Magistrates, construction of the Zecca, the Loggetta del Campanile and the Biblioteca Marciana ( Libreria di San Marco). The vault of a room of the Libreria collapsed what Sansovino earned a stay in prison. At the same time he received numerous commissions for sculptures and reliefs, mainly from bronze, which were carried out in his large workshop.
Through his friendship with Aretino and Titian, he received access to the Venetian patriciate. Sansovino was until his death the most highly respected and influential architect and sculptor of Venice.
Works
Buildings
- Redesign of the Piazza and the Piazzetta, Venice with
- San Francesco della Vigna at Venice, 1534, church of Sansovino facade of Palladio 1568-1572
- San Zulian in Venice, 1553-1554, renewal of the construction and design of the facade by Sansovino
- Villa Garzoni in Ponte Casale, 1530
- Façade for the Palazzo Corner, called Ca'Grande, before 1561
- Tomb of the Doge Francesco Venier, 1555-1560, in the church of San Salvatore in Venice
Sculptures
- Sacristy door of San Marco, bronze relief. 1546-1553, statement 1572. Theme is the burial, and resurrection of Christ
- The two giants (also Mars and Neptune); Marble, erected on the steps of Scala dei Giganti in the courtyard of the Doge's Palace
- Madonna del Parto, Sant'Agostino, Rome
- John the Baptist, Frari Church, Venice
- Sacra Conversazione, relief; Tone in white version; partially gold and painting; 1530; Bode Museum Berlin