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	Baldassarre Longhena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baldassarre Longhena (1598 – February 18, 1682), was a 17th century architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period.
		Longhena best-known work is the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
		Born in Venice, Longhena studied under the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi and after Scamozzi's death completed his monumental Procuratie Nuove in St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baldassarre_Longhena (272 words)

	The Ca’ Pesaro: a Venetian Baroque mansion which now houses the International Gallery of Modern Art and the Oriental ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The family commissioned Baldassare Longhena who was the foremost architect of his day, and who had already designed the monumental domed church of the Santa Maria della Salute on the southern mouth of the Grand Canal.
		Longhena specialised in the latest Baroque styles, and constantly sought ways to achieve eye-catching contrasts in the design and decoration of his buildings.
		Longhena's successor, Antonio Gaspari, enhanced the rhythm of the palazzo by adding pendentives and entablatures to the third storey.
	www.venice-sights.co.uk /ca-pesaro.htm (583 words)

	Giorgio Cini Foundation onlus \| Libraries
		After the suppression of the Abbey, the manuscripts and volumes that had belonged to the Benedictine monastery were dispersed: some went to the National Archives, others ended up in the Marciana National Library and the Abbey of Praglia, where the monks of San Giorgio had re-settled.
		Longhena's hall was stripped of its grand bookcases and converted into an arsenal.
		The new library organised in Longhena's hall and the adjacent galleries was divided in 91 sections and sub-sections.
	www.cini.it /english/03collezioni/biblioteche/barte.html (377 words)

	The Ca Rezzonico: A Grand Ventian House converted into a Prestigious Museum
		In the Ca Rezzonico, Longhena does this by placing a protruding second floor with seven high-arched windows divided by pilasters over a recessed ground floor without a pediment but with a series of symmetrical windows.
		This emphasises the baroque decoration of the structure, particularly as the third floor is also slightly projected and repeats the design of the second floor but on a different scale so as to create a striking contrast.
		Longhena died shortly after Filippo Bon suffered his financial embarrassment but his designs were closely followed by the subsequent architect, Giorgio Massari, who finally completed the project in 1756.
	www.venice-sights.co.uk /ca-rezzonico.htm (789 words)

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		In January 1632, the Seminario homes near Punta della Dogana were demolished, giving rise to the screening of designs of the architects taking part in the bids.
		Eleven designs were put forward, including that of Baldassarre Longhena, a diminutive 26 year-old who always dressed in fl, but was kind to everyone.
		Baldassarre was probably born in Brescia around 1598, but his baptism certificate has never been found.
	www.venicemagazine.it /longhe.htm (381 words)

	Ca' Pesaro Venice
		The grandiose palazzo, now the seat of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, was built in the second half of the seventeenth century for the noble and wealthy Pesaro family, to a project by the greatest Venetian baroque architect, Baldassarre Longhena, who also designed the church of the Salute and Ca’ Rezzonico.
		Work began in 1659 starting from the land-side; the courtyard, with its striking loggias, was completed by 1676; the splendid facade on the Grand Canal had already reached the second floor by 1679, but, on Longhena’s death in 1682, the palazzo was still unfinished.
		This is exemplified in the Grand Canal façade, with its complex composition, powerful but well-balanced: above a plinth decorated with lion-faces and monstrous headsrises a severe diamond-pointed, rusticated facade with two rows of windows, opened in the middle by twin doorways surmounted by mascarons and statues.
	www.italytraveller.com /en/r/venice/c/ca-pesaro (688 words)

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		In October 1630, the Senate decreed that if the city was delivered from the currently raging plague that had killed about a third of Venice's population, then a new church would be built and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
		Baldassare Longhena, then only 26 years old, was selected to design the new church.
		Every year, on 21 November, the Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin, the city's officials processed from San Marco to the Salute for a service of thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague.
	www.bestcitiestravel.com /venice/itineraries.html (3948 words)

	Venice Sestriere Dorsoduro
		One of the most beautiful Palaces in Venice, it was started by Longhena for the Bartolomeo Bon family in 1667.
		It was completed for the Rezzonico family (who had become joint owners) by Giorgio Massari, who made considerable modifications, such as the large staircase and the ballroom, which was decorated with frescoes by Crosato.
		Ca’ Rezzonico is a splendid palace by Baldassarre Longhena, a sumptuous Venetian residence hosting a precious collection of 18th century Venetian furnishings and paintings.
	www.aaanetserv.com /turismo/veneto/venezia_dorsoduro.html (1429 words)

	Longhena Baldassarre - Risultati della ricerca - MSN Encarta
		Longhena Baldassarre - Risultati della ricerca - MSN Encarta
		Francesco Maria Richini e Baldassarre Longhena rappresentarono l'architettura barocca nell'Italia settentrionale.
		Le sue opere lasciarono una traccia profonda nell'architettura veneziana, influenzando, in particolare, Andrea Palladio e Baldassarre Longhena.
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	Venice guide: Venice culture and history. Museum, art, monuments and cultural shows in Venice. The Frari's Church.
		The masterpiece of the chapel is the altar designed by Baldassarre Longhena and executed by the Flemish Giusto Le Court in 1672.
		Two fl marble columns underline the vertical space of the altar, whose central part is occupied by a crucifix in marble surrounded by angels.
		Design and model are by Baldassarre Longhena and the gigantic marble statues are works of Melchior Barthel from Dresden.
	www.ciaovenezia.com /eng/leftaisle.htm (539 words)

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		Baldassarre Longhena - biography: Baldassarre Longhena (Redirected from Baldassare Longhena),
		Baldassarre Longhena (Venice, 1598 – Venice, 1682), was a 17th century Venetian architect, who worked mainly in Venice itself, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period.
		He studied under the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi and after Scamozzi's death completed his monumental Procuratie Nuove in St. Mark's Square, a complex of imposing residences and offices for officials of the Venetian Republic that gives the square its appearance today.
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		Over the following centuries, the future square was gradually marked out by the houses built for the Chaplains of St. Mark's and palaces for the Procurators who were state magistrates with representative functions, hence the name Procuratie.
		CHURCH OF S. The construction of the Church, a masterpiece of Baroque art, was completed by Baldassarre Longhena in the 17th century.
		The interior is based on a circular plan with the high altar immediatly opposite the main entrance.
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		Designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, finished by the Teatini monks, the church was consecrated in 1602.
		The main altar was created by Longhena in 1661 and has sculptures by Justo Le Court.
		After Longhena died, the work was finished by Antonio Gaspari.
	www.italian-tourism.com /apartments_venice_santacroce.htm (574 words)

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		This church was built in 1660 from a design by Baldassarre Longhena.
		It was followed by the Schola Canton and the Schola Italiana.
		The Schola Spagnola was rebuilt by Baldassarre Longhena.
	www.italian-tourism.com /apartments_venice_cannaregio.htm (612 words)

	Ca' Rezzonico - Venice, Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This enormous palace, facing onto the Canal Grande, houses the Museo del Settecento Veneziano (Museum of the 18th century).
		It was designed by Baldassarre Longhena for the Venetian Procurator Filippo Bon.
		Longhena completed only the ground floor and the Piano Nobile (main floor).
	www.cheapvenice.com /ca-rezzonico.htm (868 words)

	Baldassarre Longhena
		Baldassarre Longhena nacque a Venezia nel 1598, iniziò la sua attività artistica come scultore nella bottega del padre dove conobbe e fu allievo di Scamozzi.
		Veneziano come ex voto per la fine dell'epidemia di peste che aveva sconvolto la città in quel periodo.
		Nella chiesa, a una pianta centrale ottagonale con un'abside ellittica disposta trasversalmente, Longhena raccoglie la lezione Palladiana e Sansoviniana per trasformarla in chiave barocca data dal movimento e dallo sfarzo decorativo.
	www.storiadellarte.com /biografie/longhena/longhena.htm (252 words)

	Venezia Arsenale - Ghetto Ebraico - Scuola di San Rocco
		Nel realizzare Ca’ Pesaro, capolavoro dell’architettura civile barocca veneziana, Longhena si ispira alla classicità sansoviniana, elaborando soluzioni e linguaggi capaci di esprimere una nuova, sontuosa armonia.
		Il grandioso palazzo, ora sede del Museo del Settecento veneziano, venne costruito a partire dal 1649 per la nobile famiglia Bon, su progetto del massimo architetto del barocco veneziano, Baldassarre Longhena.
		Mentre la prestigiosa facciata sul Canal Grande e il secondo piano nobile seguivano l’originario progetto longheniano, si devono a Massari le ardite invenzioni sul retro del palazzo: il sontuoso accesso da terra, lo scalone d'onore e il grandioso, insolito salone da ballo ottenuto eliminando il solaio del secondo piano.
	www.venicewelcome.com /monuments/monumets-ita3.htm (565 words)

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		On October the 22nd 1630 the Senate decreed that in order to give thanks for the liberation of Venice from a virulent plague, they would build a great church to be dedicated to the Virgin.
		Among the eleven models presented the one by Baldassarre Longhena was chosen.
		He gave the main facade grander proportions, and in the middle placed the splendid doorway, crowning the pediment and the space between the columns with statues.
	www.italybyclick.com /venice/city_guide/attractions.htm (1797 words)

	Touring Club Italiano - Point of Interest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Headquarters of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, this is a complex of rooms arranged around two cloisters*; some of the finest architects from ca.
		On the ground floor, on the far wall of the Refettorio (Refectory), by Andrea Palladio, is the Wedding of the Virgin, by Jacopo Tintoretto.
		A monumental double staircase by Baldassarre Longhena (1643-44) goes up to the first floor, where the Biblioteca (Library), built by Longhena and furnished with carved 17th-century bookshelves, contains over 100,000 volumes of art history.
	www.touringclub.com /ENG/Travellers/Your_Perfect_Italy/Point_of_Interest.aspx?IDPOI=25281&IDItinerario=101 (129 words)

	Venice Churches - St. Mark's Basilica - Venice Church
		Doge Nicolò Contarini made a public vow to erect a church called the Salute, asking for the Virgin Mary’s divine intercession to rid the city of the plague.
		Eleven architects took part in the competition to build the church and the winner was Baldassarre Longhena.
		His design perfectly captured the grandiosity and magnificence that the Serenissima wanted: a church that exalted the Holy Virgin and the Republic at the same time.
	www.venicewelcome.com /chiese/churches.htm (919 words)

	The Grand Canal, Venice Guide
		After the Patriarchal Seminary, by Longhena (1671), is the church of Santa Maria della Salute.
		Baldassarre Longhena's audacious baroque creation took 50 years to build.
		It was begun in 1667 for the Bon family, then sold to the Rezzonico family..
	www.veniceclick.net /Guide/Grand-Canal.htm (798 words)

	THE BAROQUE, Italy Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		Another south Italian centre for a distinctively exuberant, wilful form of Baroque was the little town of Lecce, which was adorned with a series of churches and public buildings by a group of architects whose leading light was Giuseppe Zimbalo (active 1659-86).
		The only major Baroque architect in Venice was Baldassarre Longhena (1598-1682).
		Longhena also built two of the Canal Grande's finest palaces, the Ca' Pésaro and the Ca' Rezzonico, though here he did little more than update Sansovino's forms.
	www.infohub.com /Destinations/Europe-&-Russia/Italy/78307.htm (1244 words)

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		For those people able to read them, the basilica is a maze of thoughts, cabalistic phrases and strange symbols.
		The Venetian Senate chose the drawings of Baldassarre Longhena as they were the most beautiful, although they were unusual for a temple dedicated to liberation from a plague.
		The tablets of the design have quite detailed dimensions which describe a squared diagonally overlapped layout with a symbolic, but explicit, reference to Venice being reborn from the water, similar to that of Venus Physizoa (the lithograph contained in the work of Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Polifili, 1499).
	www.venicemagazine.it /Salute15.htm (212 words)

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		Now the international Gallery of Modern art and Museum of Oriental Art is one of the most sumptuous and imposing buildings of the 17th cent., built by Baldassarre Longhena.
		The work were interrupted in 1682 for the death of Longhena and again in 1703, and was only brought to completion in 1703 with the help of architect Antonio Gaspari who finished the top floor according to Longhena’s project, and also the side facing the canal.
		He gave the main facade grander proportions, not without some ideas taken from Palladio, and in the middle placed the splendid doorway, crowning the pediment and the space between the columns with statues.
	www.holidayapartments.co.uk /brox/all_locations/it/it-vencie1.html (4168 words)

	Venice Italy Citytrips Travel Guide Gayot.com
		Begun in 1649 by one of the most famous Venetian architects, Baldassarre Longhena, the Ca’Rezzonico remained unfinished for almost a century due to insufficient funds of the first family that had the palace commissioned.
		It was only in 1756, after the Rezzonico family acquired the residence and hired progressive architect Giorgio Massari, that the palace was actually completed.
		An express tour of the area’s churches reveal a Tiepolo fresco in the sumptuous Santa Maria di Nazareth, designed by Baldassarre Longhena, a Tintoretto in the elegant Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto, and a della Robbia in the stark church of San Giobbe.
	www.gayot.com /travel/citytrips/venice_2.html (913 words)

	Venice Sestriere Cannaregio
		Built in the 17th century on the initiative of the Barefooted Carmelites on a project by Baldassarre Longhena.
		A masterly example of baroque art where a work by G. Tiepolo is still visible on the vault of the left aisle that had originally also frescoed the ceiling.
		The German synagogue houses the museum of Jewish art and contains many fine religious exhibits.
	www.aaanetserv.com /turismo/veneto/venezia_cannaregio.html (1500 words)

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		The ground-floor level is faced in rusticated stone, while the upper levels consist of great windows separated by semi-columns, each delineated by a horizontal railing.
		Work on the project was begun by Baldassarre Longhena in 1660 and terminated by Giorgio Massari in the 18
		Longhena, who was awarded the commission, brilliantly overcame numerous practical problems relating to land slippage by reinforcing the dome drum with the esthetically-pleasing curlicues that make the building so distinctive and unusual.
	www.nsa.naples.navy.mil /gaetamwr/venice.htm (5163 words)

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		The sumptuous palace, which took its name and luster from the Rezzonico family was built in 1649 by Baldassarre Longhena and completed in 1750 by Giorgio Massari.
		Its character as splendid aristocratic 18th century home was refurnished by the Venice Municipality from 1935 with valuable collections of furniture, hangings, sculpture and paintings from the Correr Museum.
		On 21 November every year this feast is celebrated with a procession, led by the Patriarch, that leaves St. Mark's and crosses a pontoon bridge across the Grand Canal to come to a solemn end at the Salute Church.
	www.italybyclick.com /venice/city_guide/entertainment.htm (924 words)

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