Lyme Park, Cheshire designed by Giacomo Leoni. The original Tudor mansion was transformed by Leoni into an Italian palazzo. The design was altered by English architect Lewis Wyatt's 19th-century addition of the box-like structure surrounding the centre pediment. This squat tower is in place of Leoni's intended cupola.
Giacomo Leoni (1686 – 8 June 1746), also known as James Leoni, was an Italian architect, born in Venice. He was a devotee of the work of Florentine Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, who had also been an inspiration for Andrea Palladio. Leoni thus served as a prominent exponent of Palladianism in English architecture, beginning in earnest around 1720. Also loosely referred to as Georgian, this style is rooted in Italian Renaissance architecture.
Having previously worked in Düsseldorf, Leoni arrived in England, where he was to make his name, in 1714, aged 28. His fresh, uncluttered designs, with just a hint of baroque flamboyance, brought him to the attention of prominent patrons of the arts.
GiacomoLeoni (1686 – 8 June 1746), also known as James Leoni, was an Italian architect, born in Venice. He was a devotee of the work of Florentine Renaissance...
century), Italian poet Giacomo Leone (born 1971), Italian long-distance runner GiacomoLeoni (1686–1746), Italian architect Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837)...
of the 16th century. Modifications were made to it in the 1720s by GiacomoLeoni, who retained some of the Elizabethan features and added others, particularly...
Executive Franco Leoni (1864–1949), Italian opera composer (L'Oracolo) Frank Leoni (born 1968), American college baseball coach GiacomoLeoni (1686–1746),...
building was built for Genoese merchant Ignazio Corpi by Italian architect GiacomoLeoni between 1873 and 1882. The property was bought by the United States...
and the Blenheim Pavilion, both designed by the Venetian architect GiacomoLeoni.:15 The landscape designer Charles Bridgeman was also commissioned to...
estate duty. Construction of the house, designed by Italian architect GiacomoLeoni, began about 1730, and the interiors were finished by continental sculptors...
by GiacomoLeoni and published from 1715 onwards; De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building), by Leon Battista Alberti, translated by GiacomoLeoni and...
Leone Leoni (c. 1509 – 22 July 1590) was an Italian sculptor of international outlook who travelled in Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Spain and the...
surrounded by a park of 80 acres (320,000 m2)), whose architect was GiacomoLeoni (1686–1746). In 1845 the hall and estate were sold by Doming Rasbotham...
protégé William Kent; Isaac Ware; Henry Flitcroft and the Venetian GiacomoLeoni, who spent most of his career in England. Other prominent architects...
Angelo Italia Stefano Ittar Filippo Juvarra Paolo Labisi Giulio Lasso GiacomoLeoni Baldassarre Longhena Martino Longhi the Younger Carlo Maderno Domenico...
Bartoli), French, Spanish, and English. An English translation was by GiacomoLeoni in the early eighteenth century. Newer translations are now available...
court. At right angles to these walls stand the arches designed by GiacomoLeoni c. 1740; these were formal entrances to the gardens, they now lead to...
architect of Bramham is unknown, although it is speculated that GiacomoLeoni was involved (Leoni was responsible for the rebuilding of Lyme Park in an Italianate...
subsequently bought by Sir Thomas Bootle, MP for Liverpool, who commissioned GiacomoLeoni to rebuild the house as the finest Palladian house in the county. Built...
acquitted on both occasions. He then employed the Italian architect GiacomoLeoni to carry out a major restoration of the hall. He was buried at Winwick...
building was first erected as a home in the early 1720s. Designed by GiacomoLeoni, the house was initially commissioned by John Bligh M.P., but was sold...
converted into flats. It was built between 1735–36 to the designs of GiacomoLeoni for Darcy Lever. The three-storey house is mainly brick built with ashlar...
legible but the inscription faces the boundary Louis Charles d'Hervilly GiacomoLeoni, architect Maurice Margarot, reformer Thomas Mazzinghi, father of Joseph...
Palladian manner. In 1720 he tried his hand at architecture. Along with GiacomoLeoni, he designed Moor Park, for which he also painted the entrance hall...
Mayor. He was one of three architects—the others being James Gibbs and GiacomoLeoni—who had been invited to submit designs. His building has a grand portico...
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