Vincenzo Scamozzi
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Vincenzo Scamozzi was an Italian architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps the most important
Portrait of Vincenzo Scamozzi by Paolo Veronese
Monument to Vincenzo Scamozzi. Church of San Lorenzo, Vicenza
L'idea della Architettura universale di Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto veneto, 1615
Villa Molin at Mandria, south of Padua.
Teatro Olimpico
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The Teatro Olimpico is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580–1585. It was the final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and was not completed until after hi
Vincenzo Scamozzi
…Baldassarre Longhena, Scamozzi's only pupil. The great public project of Palladio's that Scamozzi inherited early in the process of construction was the Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza, which Palladio had designed in the last months of his life. Scamozzi was born in Vicenza. His father was the surveyor and building contractor…
Teatro Olimpico
The cavea, or seating area. The loggia or columned portico at the top conceals a staircase (visible in Scamozzi's floor plan) which originally served as the entrance to the cavea.
Cross section (drawing by Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi, 1776)
Floor plan (drawing by Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi, 1776)