Giovanni Antonio Scalfurotto
Illustration — San Simeone Piccolo Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto (1672 – 1764) was an Italian architect from Venice. He is said to have taught architectural drawing to the engraver Giovanni Piranesi. Like many eclectic architects of his time, it is difficult to pin down a specific style.
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Giovanni Antonio Scalfurotto
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- 1764 · Venice.
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- Republic of Venice
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- architect
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- San Simeone Piccolo
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Illustration — San Simeone Piccolo Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto (1672 – 1764) was an Italian architect from Venice. He is said to have taught architectural drawing to the engraver Giovanni Piranesi. Like many eclectic architects of his time, it is difficult to pin down a specific style.
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He was likely limited in part because of the weight of architectural tradition in many of his projects. For example, his designs for the façade of the chiesa of San Rocco, completed posthumously, looked peculiarly antique, but are meant to match the adjacent Scuola di San Rocco. He designed the present bell tower for the church of San Salvador and San Bartolomeo (1747-1752) near the Rialto. He is best known for the designs of the church of San Simeone Piccolo across the Grand Canal from the modern railroad station. His nephew, Tommaso Temanza was also an architect in Venice.
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1700 at Venice. It is also recorded that giovanni Antonio Scalfurotto died in 1764 at Venice.
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