Antoine Derizet
Illustration — Dérizet 's Church of SS. Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundian, Rome Antoine Dérizet (16 November 1685 – 6 October 1768), of Lyon, was an experimentally classicizing French Late Baroque architect who spent much of his career in Rome, where he designed the churches of Church of SS. Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundian (c.1729), where he experimented with reviving the High Renaissance central planning of a Greek cross surmounted by a central dome, and, facing Trajan's Forum, Santissimo Nome di Maria (1736–38), which is elliptical in plan, with radiating chapels. He also provided designs for the marble revetment and stuccoes added to the interior of San Luigi dei Francesi (1759–64). Dérizet lectured at the Accademia di San Luca on his theory of proportional harmonies between music and architecture.
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Antoine Derizet
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- Died
- 1768 · Rome.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni
- Honours
- Grand Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Dérizet 's Church of SS. Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundian, Rome Antoine Dérizet (16 November 1685 – 6 October 1768), of Lyon, was an experimentally classicizing French Late Baroque architect who spent much of his career in Rome, where he designed the churches of Church of SS. Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundian (c.1729), where he experimented with reviving the High Renaissance central planning of a Greek cross surmounted by a central dome, and, facing Trajan's Forum, Santissimo Nome di Maria (1736–38), which is elliptical in plan, with radiating chapels. He also provided designs for the marble revetment and stuccoes added to the interior of San Luigi dei Francesi (1759–64). Dérizet lectured at the Accademia di San Luca on his theory of proportional harmonies between music and architecture.
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Born at Lyon in 1697, died in Rome in 1768.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome. Employment is recorded with Accademia di San Luca. Positions recorded include teacher. Works named in the authority record are Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni. Distinctions recorded are Grand Prix de Rome.
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- 1.Collection of the French School in Rome, copy of the baptismal certificate, 2004, p. 267
- 2.Date given in Touring Club Italiano, Roma e dintorni, 1965, p. 178.
- 3.Dates given in Touring Club Italiano, Roma e dintorni, 1965, p. 143.
- 4.Touring Club Italiano, Roma e dintorni, 1965, p. 200.
- 5.See Rudolf Wittkower, Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, 1949.
- 6.Robin Middleton, reviewing three Quarenghi studies for The Burlington Magazine 135 No. 1079 (February 1993), p 156.
- 7.See the entry on Quarenghi in 'Vite de' pittori, scultori e archittetti Bergamaschi', Volume 2 by Francesco Maria Tassi online at Google Books.
- 8.Olivier Michel, "Adrien Manglard, peintre et collectionneur (1695–1760)" in Mélanges de l'École française de Rome 93.2 (1981).
- 9.Bent Sorensen, "Panini and Ghezzi: The Portraits in the Louvre 'Musical Performance at the Teatro Argentina'" The Burlington Magazine 144 No. 1193 (August 2002:467-474) p. 473 note 43.
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