- Giuseppe Valadier
Giuseppe Valadier (
April 14 ,1762 –February 1 ,1839 ) was an Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archeologist, a chief exponent ofNeoclassicism in Italy.Biography
The son of a goldsmith, Luigi (1726–1785), Valadier was born in
Rome in 1762. He also occasionally provided designs for silver, such as the "York Chalice" for Henry Cardinal York (1800-01) [http://www.jacobite.ca/gazetteer/Vatican/Sacristy.htm#note03] , the grand silver table service for Monsignor Antonio Odescalchi (1795-97) and the similar Rospigliosi-Pallavicini service, begun in 1803 [http://www.rareartlondon.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&tabindex=5&objectid=16215] which we partly produced in the silver workshop he directly oversaw and partly sub-contracted to other Roman silversmiths. Valadier also designed some furniture and other decorative arts, such as the rock crystal and silver reliquary for relics of the Holy Crib inSanta Maria Maggiore , forPope Pius IX . Valadier worked in Rome and elsewhere in thePapal States , but many of his projects remained on paper. He was named official "architetto camerale" of the Papal States byPope Pius VI in 1786. He taught architecture at theAccademia di San Luca was a pioneer archeologist and a restorer of monuments, such as theMilvian Bridge (1805) and theArch of Titus in Rome, (1819-21). He retraced the ancient line of theVia Flaminia (1805) and restoredGiacomo Barozzi da Vignola 's neglectedChurch of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia , which influenced his own Church of Santa Maria della Salute inFiumicino , the newly-establish port for Rome.Major works
*Clocks in allegorical sculptural settings for the tops of the belltowerrs,
Basilica of Saint Peter ;
*Villa Torlonia, Rome (1806 onwards);
*General plan for access to the Imperial Forums (1811);
*General plans forPiazza del Popolo (first plans, 1793; final plans executed 1816–20), creating its elliptical plan and linking it via stairs and terraces with thePincio , including the Casina Valadier (1816 onwards) [http://www.romeguide.it/ristocasinavaladier/casinavaladier.htm] in the Borghese Gardens;
*Teatro Valle (1819);
*Fiumicino (1822); the first planned suburb of modern Rome (1823-28);
**Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Fiumicino
*Restoration of theArch of Titus , including the outer portion of the arch, and exterior columns)(1821-1822)
*opening of via di Ripetta, via del Babuino, and via della Caserma (1822);
**Church of San Rocco in Ripetta (1831), facade
**Palazzo Nainer, via del Babuino (1819-21)., now a hotel.
**79, via del Babuino (1826); the architect's own home.
*General plan for the piazza ofSt John Lateran ; He published collections of his designs and drawings:
*Giuseppe Valadier (Architectonic projects) Rome 1807
*Giuseppe Valadier, "Raccolta delle più insigni fabbriche di Roma antica", Rome 1810
*Giuseppe Valadier, "L'Architettura pratica: dettata nella Scuola dell'insigne Accademia di San Luca", 5 vols, Rome 1828– 1834;References
* [http://www.romeguide.it/ristocasinavaladier/casinavaladier.htm Casina Valadier] (in Italian)
Further reading
*Paolo Marconi. 1964. "Giuseppe Valadier" (Rome)
*Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, "Il Gusto Dei Principi", 1993, (nos. 366-368, (designs and wine-coolers from the Odescalchi service)
*"Valadier: Three Generations of Roman Goldsmiths: An exhibition of drawings and works of art." London: Artemis Group / David Carritt Limited, 1991.__NOTOC__
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