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Only two years before his tragic death in the First World War, Antonio Sant’Elia had published a spirited manifesto accompanied by a collection of visionary drawings which were to become some of the most potent architectural images of the Twentieth Century.

Michele Sanmichele (Sanmicheli)
b. Verona, c. 1484;
d. Verona, 1559.
Michele Sanmichele was a prolific, if rather pedestrian, designer, much of whose work for clients in Venice and the mainland (Veneto) was a compromise between Venetian and Tuscan influences, delegated to assistants from his workshop. Descended from a long line of Lombard stone-cutters, Sanmichele went to Rome [...]