ANTOLINI, GIANANTONIO

ANTOLINI, GIANANTONIO. — Architect, born in Castel Bolognese in 1754. Having begun his artistic education in Bologna, he moved to Rome, where he devoted himself to the study of ancient monuments. He was a member of the Accademia Romana della Pace, to whose canons he remained faithful throughout his career, expressing his style either in simple and severe forms inspired by Greek art or in grand forms inspired by Roman art. His tendencies are more evident in his theoretical writings than in his few works—the design of 1804 for the Foro Bonaparte in Milan, or for the Procuratie nuovissime in Venice—ranging from *Ordine dorico ossia il Tempio di Ercole nella città di Cori* (1785) to *Osservazioni e aggiunte ai princìpi di architettura civile* of F. Milizia (1817) and *Le rovine di Velleja* (1819–1822). From 1815 until his death (1842), he was a professor at the Accademia di Brera, contributing to the spread of the paganizing forms of neoclassical academicism even in sacred buildings.