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Cesariano, Cesare

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CESARIANO, CESARE. - Architect, painter, art writer, b. in Milan in 1483, d. there on 30 March 1543. He trained under Leonardo and Bramante.

He worked for 4 years (1503-1507) in Reggio. In 1508 he frescoed in Parma the sacristy of the church of S. Giovanni Evangelista.

He was then in Rome and in Ferrara, where he pursued philosophical and mathematical studies at the University. In 1513 he is found in Milan as ducal engineer to Massimiliano Sforza and engaged in painting for the fabric of the Cathedral. Also in 1513 he presented the model for the atrium of the church of S. Marco near S. Celso. He studied Vitruvius and in 1521 published a Commento on Vitruvius himself; in 1527 he built the castle of Porta Giovia and in 1533 he was appointed architect of the city of Milan.

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BIBL.: V. De Pagave, Vita di C. C., Milan 1898; A. Venturi, Artisti reggiani, Modena 1883; P. D'Ancona s. v. in Enr. Ital., IX (1931), pp. 880-81.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), coll. 1350–1351.

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Marzoli, Feslikenian Luisa. “Cesariano, cesare.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1350–1351. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cesariano-cesare.

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Marzoli, Feslikenian Luisa. “Cesariano, cesare.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1350–1351. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cesariano-cesare.

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  author    = {Marzoli, Feslikenian Luisa},
  title     = {Cesariano, cesare},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1350--1351},
  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/cesariano-cesare}
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