Asprucci, Antonio
Asprucci, Antonio (1723–1808). Important Neo-Classical architect working in Rome. His best-known works are the sumptuous interiors of the Villa Borghese, Rome (from 1782), and the enlivening of the Borghese Gardens with arches, pavilions, pools, ruins, and temples, including the Ionic Temple of Aesculapius (1787) and the Chiesetta di Piazza di Siena (c.1787), with its portico of unfluted Greek Doric columns. Antonio was the first Italian architect to revive the Greek Doric style. He used several Egyptianizing motifs in his Neo-Classical designs. His son, Mario Asprucci (1764–1804), also worked on the Villa Borghese Gardens in the 1780s and 1790s (the plan of which was by the Scots landscape-painter Jacob More (c.1740–93)), and was responsible for the original designs for Ickworth House, Suffolk (c.1795), executed, with some modifications, by Francis Sandys from 1796.
Bibliography
Lavagnino (1961);
Meeks (1966)
More From encyclopedia.com
Paeonius or Paionios of Ephesus , Paeonius or Paionios of Ephesus (fl. 350–310 bc). Ancient Greek architect, he was partly responsible (with Demetrius and, possibly, Deinocrates) for… Greek Revival , Greek Revival. Style of architecture in which accurate copies of Ancient Greek motifs were incorporated in the design of buildings from the 1750s. It… Classic Revival , classic revival, widely diffused phase of taste (known as neoclassic) which influenced architecture and the arts in Europe and the United States duri… Zug, Simon Gottlieb , Zug, Simon Gottlieb or Szymon Bogumił Zug (1733–1807). Saxon architect, born in Dresden. He settled in Poland where he designed many distinguished Ne… Greek Architecture , Greek Building Techniques.
Almost all major Greek architecture employed the simple "post and lintel" system. In this method of building, two or more… Ictinus , Ictinus
Fifth century b.c.
Greek Architect
Ictinus, a celebrated Greek architect, worked on such famous structures as the Parthenon on the Acropolis,…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Asprucci, Antonio