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Jacopo Sansovino
b. Caprese, near Florence, 1486;
d. Venice, 1570.
Jacopo Sansovino, an famous architect whose work, with that of the younger architects of late sixteenth century Venice whom he trained, gives the city much of the character that survives today. Born Jacopo Tatti, he adopted the surname of his teacher, Andrea Sansovino, and followed him to Rome [...]

Vincenzo Scamozzi
b. Vicenza, 1548 or 1552;
d. Venice, 1616.

Vincenzo Scamozzi, a late Renaissance theorist, eclectic architect and theatre designer. In his youth he took part in the activities of the Accademia Olimpica in Vicenza, guided and influenced by his father, Giandomenico Scamozzi. In 1569 he was spo?radically in Venice. In 1574 he read Vitruvius, jotting [...]

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 [...]