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AND TIIEIll PUIxN'CIl'AL WORKS.

1141
AFTKR CHKIST.
197. Andrea Pai.ladio, of Vicenzn, in Italy. Arcades to the S;ila della Ragione; eiectecl
the Olympic Theatre after the ancient type, and many other edifices; with the
Palazzi Tiene, Chiericali, and Valmarana, all at Vicenza
;
Villa Capri near that
city, and numerous other hiiildings in neighhouring towns. The church 11 Re-
duntore and otlur works at Venice. Published a treatise on architecture, and a
book on the ancient ruins.
198. Beknardo ri.MANTE BuoNTMENTi of FlorcHce. Villa of Marignolla, now
Capi)oni
;
the casino liehind San iNlarco ; the corridor half a mile long extending to the
l)alazzo Pitti
;
palazza for the Acci^ijuoli, now the Corsiiii ; a fa9ade to the Strozzi
palace, and to the palazzo llicardi ; the fa9a(le of the churcli della Santissima
'i'rinita, all at Florence
;
the loggia de' Banchi, ducal palace, and facade of the
church of San Spirito at Pisa
;
the palazzo at Siena
;
and works in other p;:rts
of Italy.
199. DoMENico FoNTANA, of Coiro, in Italy.

Raised, transported, and fixed, the four


great obelisks in Rome, with many improvements there
;
tiie Doric arcade and
loggia to the front of the church of S. Giovanni Laterano; a [lalazzo on one side of
it for tiie use of the Popes; enlarged the papal palace; b;iilt the palazzo Wattei,
now Albani; the library at the Vatican and other works there
;
and restored the
columns of Antonine and Trajan. The Royal palace and other works at Naples.
200. John Shute of England. A painter and architect, temp. Queen Elizabeth. Wrote
the first work on architecture in England.
201. Henry Hawthorne, of England.Surveyor of the works to Queen Elizabeth
;
de-
signed the gallery novv part of the library at Windsor Castle,
"
a fine specimen of
.Anglo- Italian architecture."
202. Sir Thomas Tresham of England.
Liveden IIou.se, Northamptonshire
;
Rushton
Lodge and the triangular lodge, in the same county. Also given to J. Thorpe
(175).
/OS. Robert and H. Smithson of England.

WoUaton, Nottinghamshire.
204. Louis de Foix of France.

-New mou-tli to the river Adour; Tour de Cordouan, the


lighthouse at the mouth of the Gironde. near Bordeaux,
205. Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau of Orleans, in France. Pont Neuf at
Paris; hotels de Sully, de Mayenne, and des Fermes or hotel Sequier Made more
drawings for monastic buildings, churchfs, &c. , than any architect in France during
half a century. Rebuilt church of Notre Dame at Clery
;
and S. Etienne du
Mont at Paris.
206. Jacques Androuet du Cerceau of France.Finished the works al the Louvre
next the river for King Henry IV. There were four architects of the name of rfw
Cerceau, and their works are not wtll separated. W^rote on architectuie.
207. ViNCENZo ScAMOzzi of Vicenza.Additions to the library of S. Mark at Venice;
finislied tlie Olympic theatre by Palladio at Vicenza
;
theatre at Sabionetta
;
and
other buildings. Wrote on architecture.
208. Jacques de Brosse of Paris. Palais du Luxemburg at Paris and other works;
chateau de Monceaux, near Me.'ux ;
chateau of Colomier, near Paris
;
fi<;ade of
the church of SS. Geronis and Protais; and the great hall of the Palais de Justice,
both at Paris,
209. Carlo Maderno, of Bissone, Largo di Como.Altered Michael Angelo's design
for S. Peter's at Rome, from a Greek to a Latin cross
;
began the palace of
Urban VIII., and many churches and palaces.
17th. Century.
210. John
Warren of England.Tower of St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, designed l)y
John Ai-cock.
2U.
LsiGO Jones of London. Banqueting House, Whitehall, being part of his design for
a noble Palace; Chapel, Lincoln's Inn; Surgeons' Hall
;
arcade to Covent Garden
and the Church; the grand portico to old S. Paul's Cathedral; and many other
important
works.
212.
Giambattista
Aleotti of Ferrara. Fortress at Ferrara; many theatres and otli^r
public buildings at Mantau, Modena, and Venice; and the great theatre at
Parma.
2! 3. PiEHRE LE MuETof Francc. Grand hotel de Ltiynes; hotel Laigleand
Beauvilliers
;
finished the Church of tlie Val de Grace
;
all at Paris.
214.
Thibaut Metezau of Dreux, in France.Commenced the Porte S. Antoinc at Paris
;
and the salle des Antiques at the Louvre. Louis Metezau, the sop, is supposed
to have directed the construction of the first half of the great gallery of the Louvre,
as far as the third vi'icket.
215.
Francesco Borro.mini of Bissano, in Italy.Worked at the Palazzo Barberini
;

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