CATTANEO, RAFFAELE. - Architect and art writer, b. in Rovigo in 1860, d. 7 Dec. 1889. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and in '87 was asked by the Veneto Catholics to provide the design for the great bronze candelabrum to be offered to Leo XIII on the occasion of his priestly jubilee.
In 1889 he published the results of his research in a volume entitled L'Architettura in Italia dal sec. IV al Mille circa, fundamental even today for the criticism of previous historiography on the subject and for the wealth of direct examinations conducted on the works of art. An admirer and scholar especially of Byzantine architecture, in that style he also executed the tomb of Pius IX in the narthex of the Pelagian basilica of St. Lawrence outside the Walls in Rome.
BIBL.:sources
L. Beltrami, R. C., in Archivio storico dell'arte, 2 (1889), pp. 468-77; A. Cendelli, Un giovane architetto, in L'Illustrazione italiana, 1890, 1, p. 398; F. Giovarini, L'architetto R. C., Rovigo 1941. Gilberto Ronci
Ronci, Gilberto. “Cattaneo, raffaele.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1165–1166. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cattaneo-raffaele.
MLA
Ronci, Gilberto. “Cattaneo, raffaele.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1165–1166. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cattaneo-raffaele.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_cattaneo_raffaele,
author = {Ronci, Gilberto},
title = {Cattaneo, raffaele},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1165--1166},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cattaneo-raffaele}
}
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