CODUCCI, MAURO called MORO (MORETTO). - Architect, born at Lenna in the Val Brembana around 1440, died in 1504. He first appears active in Venice in 1468, in connection with the construction of S. Michele all'isola; in 1490 he PIETRO LOMBARDO (v.) in the scuola of S. Marco; in 1498 he began the staircase of the scuola of S. Giovanni Evangelista.
In the church of S. Michele all'isola C. introduced into the Istrian-stone façade that curvilinear crowning which reappears in S. Zaccaria, where C. continued the work of Antonio Gambello, raising above the Gothicizing base the grand and picturesque façade, crowned by three arched pediments.
Continuing the work of the Lombardo, C. also completed the façade of the scuola of S. Marco (now the civic hospital), especially in the asymmetrical crowning ending in semicircular pediments and in the interior. In the scuola of S. Giovanni Evangelista, by P. Lombardo, C. constructed the two-flight staircase, devised with great skill within a narrow space.
C. also worked on the construction of S. Maria Formosa and S. Giovanni Crisostomo. In S. Maria della Carità, the chapel of the Salvatore and the grand monument of the doges Marco and Agostino Barbarigo are attributed to him. The bell tower of S. Pietro a Castello (1488-1490) is his work. A shrine in the church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo is also ascribed to him.
C.'s work in civil architecture is uncertain: among other things, the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi, the Palazzetto Corner, and the Torre dell'Orologio may be attributed to him.