Giovan Battista Aleotti
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Giovan Battista Aleotti (1546 - December 12, 1636) was an Italian architect.
Aleotti was born in Argenta. He completed, with the assistance of his pupil Giovan Battista Magnani, the plan of the Bolognese church of Santa Maria del Quartiere. For some years, Aleotti went to Ferrara, to work under Alfonso II d'Este where with Alessandro Balbi he designed the façade of the University in 1610. He gave a new façade to the Rocca Scandiano, the home of the Boiardo family. He is known for his design of the Teatro Farnese in Parma (1618-1628).
[edit] References
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). "Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750", Pelican History of Art, 1980, Penguin Books Ltd, 122-123.
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