Luciano Laurana
Luciano Laurana (Lutiano Dellaurana, Template:Lang-hr)[1] (c. 1420 – 1479) was a Croatian [2][3] architect and engineer from the historic Vrana settlement near the town of Zadar in Dalmatia, Croatia.[4] After education by his father Martin in Vrana settlement, he worked mostly in Italy during the late 15th century. He was principal designer of the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino and one of the main figures in 15th-century Italian architecture.[5] He considerably influenced the development of Renaissance architecture. His projects were accompanied with notes in the Croatian glagolitic script, as witnessed by the famous Bernardo Baldi. He was a relative of the sculptor Francesco Laurana (Template:Lang-hr).
Biography
Laurana was born in Vrana, near Zadar (Template:Lang-it) in Croatia. Then it was a part of Venetian Republic, since Ladislaus of Naples sold his rights to the kingdom of Dalmatia for 100,000 ducats in 1409. Later in life, the Italians in Urbino called him Schiavone, a term meaning "Slav" in Old Italian. Little is known about his early years. His father Martin was a stonecutter in Zadar, who worked together with the famous sculptor Giorgio da Sebenico (Template:Lang-hr) on the Šibenik Cathedral.
Around 1465 he is known to have collaborated in Mantua with Leon Battista Alberti. From 1466 to 1472 he directed the works of the new palace commissioned by Federico III da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino. The exact attribution of the works is still disputed, as it is known that also Francesco di Giorgio has a role in the construction: the innovative façade, however, is traditionally recognized as Laurana's. Laurana improved Florentine Renaissance tradition by using a system of columns, pilasters, and arcades to produce elegant facades and spacious rooms. In the arcaded palace courtyard Laurana achieved a rhythmic lightness, amplitude, and sophistication far in advance of contemporary Florentine work.
Later he worked in Naples for the king Ferrante II of Naples. From 1472 he was in Pesaro, where he attended the construction of the Castle (Rocca) until his death, occurred in 1479.
The famous anonymous picture La città ideale, housed in the Urbino National Gallery, has been attributed to him. Even if internationally known as an Italian artist, he is today regularly included by Croatians in the overviews of their art, with the name 'Lucijan Vranjanin'.
See also
References
- ^ Goode, Patrick (2009). The Oxford Companion to Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 0198605684, 9780198605683.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - ^ Lucijan Vranjanin (Luciano Laurana), Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić, Croatica Hrvatski udio u svijetskoj baštini, Neven Budak, Zagreb, 2007, ISBN: 953-12-0351-2, pages 182-187
- ^ Arhitekt Lucijan Vranjanin Luciano Laurana, Andrija Mutnjaković, Zagreb, 2003, ISBN 953-6271-51-6, page 363
- ^ Norwich, John Julius (2009). Croatia: Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural Heritage. frances lincoln ltd. p. 137. ISBN 071122921X, 9780711229211.
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