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Revision as of 12:47, 6 July 2012 by 79.19.132.104 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Luciano Laurana (Lutiano Dellaurana, (c. 1420 – 1479) was an architect and engineer from the historic Vrana settlement near the town of Zadar in Dalmatia (then under Venetian jurisdiction). After education by his father Martin in Vrana settlement, he worked mostly in Italy during the late 15th century. He was a relative of the sculptor Francesco Laurana.
Biography
Laurana was born in Vrana, near Zadar, in Dalmatia, today 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 "Dalmatian" 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 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 had a role in the construction: the innovative façade, however, is traditionally recognized as Laurana's. Laurana improved Italian 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.
Nationality
Encyclopædia Britannica describes Luciano Laurana as "one of the main figures in 15th-century Italian architecture". The architecture book, The Architectural historian in America, and Enciclopedia Italiana identify Laurana as an "Italian architect".
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
- Norwich, John Julius (2009). Croatia: Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural Heritage. frances lincoln ltd. p. 137. ISBN 0-7112-2921-X, 9780711229211.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - Elmer, Peter; Webb, Nick; Wood, Roberta, eds (2000). The Renaissance in Europe: an anthology. Renaissance in Europe, a cultural enquiry. Yale University Press. pp. 205–6. ISBN 0-300-08217-7.
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- White, Norval. The architecture book. Knopf, 1976. p. 175. Web. 22 Jun. 2012.
"LAURANA, LUCIANO (c. 1420 - 1479) Italian Architect and Painter. The Duke's Palace at Urbino is a landmark of Italian Renaissance architecture". - MacDougall, Elisabeth B. The Architectural historian in America. National Gallery of Art, 1990. p. 228. Web. 22 Jun. 2012.
"Italian architect Luciano Laurana..." - Template:It "LAURANA, Luciano." Treccani, il portale del sapere. Web. 22 Jun. 2012.
- Template:Hr icon "Lucijan Vranjanin." enciklopedija.lzmk.hr Web. 22 Jun. 2012.