Domenico de' Rossi

Domenico de'Rossi (1657 - 1737) was a Venetian architect. He initially trained under his uncle Giuseppe Sardi. The relationship was not a success, and he moved on to train as a mason under Baldassarre Longhena.

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Venetian - Architect - Giuseppe Sardi - Baldassarre Longhena

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In Rome another Domenico de' Rossi (1659 - 1730), not himself an architect, published three folio volumes of architectural engravings of elevations and frontal views of Baroque palazzi and churches in Rome— which included among them some unexecuted designs of Bernini and Borromini— titled "Studio d'architettura civile di Roma 1702, 1711, and 1721. The first volume, showing a wide variety of designs of windows, doors and gates, porticos and porches, chimney pieces and stairs, and dedicated to Pope Clement XI, was engraved for Rossi by quite a large team: Alessandro Specchi, Filippo Vasoni, Carlo Fontana, Vinzendo Francischini, and others. De' Rossi also produced a book of designs for altars and chapels, Disegni di Vari Altari e Capelle 1713. The series of engravings were some of the first to present the contemporary baroque decoration of 17th-century Rome, thus they are of interest to architectural historians and were reprinted with an introductory essay by Anthony Blunt, 1972.

Related Topics:
Baroque - Rome - Bernini - Borromini - Pope Clement XI - Anthony Blunt

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In 1709 Domenico inherited the printshop of Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, by the church of Santa Maria della Pace, the largest and most long-lived publisher of the Roman baroque. Several generations of the de' Rossi participated in the family publishing firm established in the 17th century, which continued to produce engravings for the use of designers http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/art/collections/notable_aquisitions/notacq93.html.

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The complete titles of Domenico de' Rossi's volumes:

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• Studio d'architettura civile sopra gli ornamenti di porte e finestre tatti da alcune fabbriche insigni di Roma con le misure piante modini, e profili. Opera de piu celebri architetti de nostri tempi, Rome, 1702. Dedicated to Clement XI
• Studio d'architettura civile sopra varj ornamenti di cappelle, e diversi sepolcri tratti da più chiese di Roma colle loro facciate, fianchi, piante, e misure. Opera de' più celebri architetti de' nostri tempi, Rome, 1711. Dedicated to Cardinal Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona
• Studio d'architettura civili sopra varie chiese, cappelle di Roma, e palazzo di Caprarola, et altre fabriche con le loro facciate, spaccati, piante, e misure. Opera de' piu celebri architetti de' nostri tempi, Rome, 1621. Dedicated to Cardinal Bernardino Scotto.
 
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