- Baccio D'Agnolo
Baccio D'Agnolo, born Bartolomeo Baglioni (
May 19 1462 -March 6 1543 [ "Baccio D'agnolo". "Encyclopædia Britannica". 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 28 Sept. 2007 ] ), was an Italianwoodcarver , sculptor andarchitect fromFlorence ."Baccio"'is an abbreviation of Bartolomeo, and "d'Agnolo" refers to Angelo, his father's name. He started as a wood-carver, and between 1491 and 1502 did much of the decorative carving in the church of
Santa Maria Novella and the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Having made his reputation as a sculptor he appears to have turned his attention to architecture, and to have studied atRome , though the precise date is uncertain; but at the beginning of the sixteenth century he was engaged with the architectSimone del Pollaiolo in restoring thePalazzo Vecchio , and in 1506 he was commissioned to complete the drum of the cupola of the church ofSanta Maria del Fiore . The latter work, however, was interrupted on account of adverse criticisms fromMichelangelo , and it remained unexecuted.Baccio d'Agnolo also planned the
Villa Borgherini and thePalazzo Bartolini , with other fine palaces and villas. The Bartolini palace was the first house to be given frontispieces of columns to the door and windows, previously confined to churches; he was ridiculed by the Florentines for his innovation. Another much-admired work of his was the campanile of the church of Santo Spirito. His studio was the resort of the most celebrated artists of the day,Michelangelo ,Andrea Sansovino , the brothersAntonio da Sangallo the Elder andGiuliano da Sangallo and the young Raphael. He died at Florence in 1543, leaving three sons, all architects, the best-known beingGiuliano D'Agnolo .Giorgio Vasari included Baccio in volume IV of his "Vite ".References
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