Bernardo de' Dominici
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Bernardo de' Dominici was an Italian
art historian and painter of the late-Baroque
period, active mainly in Naples
, painting landscapes, marine vedute, and genre scenes such as characteristic of Bamboccianti
. He was the pupil of the painter Mattia Preti
, reportedly under the German painter of forested landscapes, Franz Joachim Beich
.
. Dominici, however, is best remembered as the Neapolitan Vasari, after publishing in 1742 an ample, yet flawed, three volume collection of brief biographies of Neapolitan artists: Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani. It recounts the careers of artists from the "School of Naples, among these:
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art historian and painter of the late-Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period, active mainly in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, painting landscapes, marine vedute, and genre scenes such as characteristic of Bamboccianti
Bamboccianti
The Bamboccianti were genre painters active in Rome from about 1625 until the end of the seventeenth century. Most were Dutch and Flemish artists who brought existing traditions of depicting peasant subjects from sixteenth-century Netherlandish art with them to Italy, and generally created small...
. He was the pupil of the painter Mattia Preti
Mattia Preti
Mattia Preti was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta.- Biography :Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was sometimes called Il Cavalier Calabrese...
, reportedly under the German painter of forested landscapes, Franz Joachim Beich
Franz Joachim Beich
Franz Joachim Beich was born at Ravensburg , on October 15, 1666. He was the son of Daniel Beich, a painter of little celebrity, from whom he received his instruction in the art. He excelled in painting landscapes and battles...
.
Art History of Naples
In 1727, Dominici published a biography of Luca GiordanoLuca Giordano
Luca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
. Dominici, however, is best remembered as the Neapolitan Vasari, after publishing in 1742 an ample, yet flawed, three volume collection of brief biographies of Neapolitan artists: Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani. It recounts the careers of artists from the "School of Naples, among these:
Volume I
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- Giovanni Antonio di Amato; pages 320-326.
- Angiolillo (Angelo RoccadirameAngelo RoccadirameAngelo Roccadirame was an Italian painter active in the 14th century in his native Naples.He painted an Archangel Raphael in SS. Severino e Sosio.-References:...
); pages 151-154. - Antonio BamboccioAntonio BamboccioAntonio Bambocci was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Gothic period, active in and near Naples.He was born in Piperino, and came to Naples with his father Domenico, also a sculptor. He initially trained with Masuccio, and afterwards by Andrea Ciccione. His masters in painting were Colantino...
; pages 142-150. - Buono de' BuoniBuono de' BuoniBuono de' Buoni was born at Naples, and, according to Dominici, flourished about the year 1430. He was a disciple of an old Neapolitanpainter called Colantonio del Fiore, whom he assisted in several of his works, and after whose death he became one of the most reputable artists of his time...
and his son, Silvestro; pages 186-197. - Andrea CiccioneAndrea CiccioneAndrea Ciccione , also known as Andrea di Onofrio, Nofri, and da Firenze, was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Renaissance. He was born and died in Florence, but spent much of his career in Naples....
; pages 87–96. - Belisario CorenzioBelisario CorenzioBelisario Corenzio was an Italian Mannerist painter, a Greek by birth. He is reputed, with little documentation, to have studied under Tintoretto, in part because his drawings often resemble those of the Venetian painter...
; pages 292-318. - PietroPietro del DonzelloPietro del Donzello was an Italian artist and painter.Donzello was born in Florence. His brother Ippolito was also a painter. Pietro primarily painted traditional scenes and shields. Some of his other works reside at the Cleveland Museum of Art....
and Polito del Donzello; pages 155-167. - Gasparo Ferrata; pages 206-209.
- Agnolo Aniello FioreAgnolo Aniello FioreAgnolo Aniello Fiore was an Italian sculptor architect of the Renaissance, active in Naples. He trained under Andrea Ciccione. He is also known as Anniello da Fiore.-References:...
; pages 168-171. - Colantonio; pages 96–109.
- Agnolo Franco; pages 109-115.
- Maestro Gennaro di Cola and Maestro Stefanone; pages 72–80.
- Maestro Mino; pages 204-205.
- Guglielmo Monaco; pages 206-209.
- Giovanno Francesco Mormando 71-77.
- Masuccio PrimoMasuccio PrimoMasuccio Primo was an Italian architect and sculptor of the 13th century, active in Naples. He was the godfather of the son of Pietro degli Stefani, known as Masuccio Segondo .-References:...
; pages 17–27. - Matteo Sanese; pages 116-118.
- Giacomo de Santis; pages 80–83.
- Masuccio SegondoMasuccio SegondoMasuccio Segondo was an Italian architect of the 14th century period, active in Naples.He was born to Pietro degli Stefani, but was the godson to Masuccio Primo, hence his name. He traveled to Rome for some years. King Robert of Naples commissioned the church of Santa Chiara, but Masuccio remained...
; pages 35–63. - Carlo SellittoCarlo SellittoCarlo Sellitto was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.One of the most gifted followers of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio , Sellitto played an important role in the spread of Caravaggism to Naples and in the development away from Late Mannerism to a greater naturalism.The son of a painter...
; pages 248-249. - Simone MartiniSimone MartiniSimone Martini was an Italian painter born in Siena.He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style....
; pages 64–72. - Francesco di Maestro Simone; pages 84–86.
- Maestro Simone Pappa il vecchio; pages 172-176.
- Antonio SolarioAntonio SolarioAntonio Solario , also known as Lo Zingaro , Antonio de/da Solario etc, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, who worked in Naples, the Marche and possibly England...
(lo Zingaro); pages 118-141. - Pietro and Tommaso de' Stefani; pages 1–16.
- Pippo (Filippo) Tesauro; pages 27–35.
- TesauroTesauroTesauro is a surname, and may refer to:* Bernardo Tesauro* Emanuele Tesauro* Filippo Tesauro* Raimo Epifanio Tesauro...
; pages 197-204. - Raimo Epifanio TesauroRaimo Epifanio TesauroRaimo Epifanio Tesauro was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born and died in Naples, was the son and pupil of Bernardo Tesauro. He painted several works in fresco in the public buildings of Naples.-References:...
;pages 211-216. - Nicola di Vito; pages 177-185.
Volume II
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- Giuseppe Agelio; pages 241-244.
- Gabriello d'Agnolo; pages 65–70.
- Giovanni Antonio di Amato il giovaneGiovanni Antonio di Amato the youngerGiovanni Antonio d'Amato the younger was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his natal city of Naples....
; pages 52–58. - Pompeo dell' Aquila; pages 163-167.
- Ambrogio Attendolo; page 150.
- Giovanni Battista Anticone; pages 237-240.
- Girolamo d'Arena;
- Pietro d'Arena; pages 163-167.
- Pietro AfesaPietro AfesaPietro Afesa was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in and around Naples. He was also called della Basilicata after his town of birth. He painted for churches and convents at Naples. He painted and altar-piece of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary for the chapel of the convent of...
; pages 241-244. - Domenico AuriaDomenico AuriaDomenico Auria was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period, active in Naples. He was a pupil of Marliano da Nola. He is also known as Giovanni Domenico or Giovan Domenico Auria, or Domenico d'Auria....
or D'Auria; pages 166-192. - Giovanni Bernardino AzzoliniGiovanni Bernardino AzzoliniGiovanni Bernardino Azzolini was an Italian painter and sculptor who continued painting in a late-Mannerist style, mainly active in Naples and Genoa. He is also known by Azzolino or Mazzolini or Asoleni....
; pages 163-167. - Giovanni BaglioneGiovanni BaglioneGiovanni Baglione was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious involvement with the artist Caravaggio and his writings concerning the other Roman artists of his time.-Early life:A pupil of Francesco Morelli, he worked mainly...
; page 151. - Dionisio di Bartolomeo; pages 95–101.
- Domenico de Benedittis; pages 241-244.
- Silvestro Bruno (Buono); pages 219-22.
- Annibale CaccavelloAnnibale CaccavelloAnnibale Caccavello was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, active in his native city of Naples. He trained under Giovanni Merliano. He was a fellow pupil with Domenico Auria.-References:...
(Caccabello); pages 136-142. - Cesare CalenseCesare CalenseCesare Calense was a native of the province of Lecce in the kingdom of Naples, Italy. He painted a Deposition for the church of St. John the Baptist at Naples.-References:...
; page 152. - D. Girolamo Capece; pages 143-149.
- Antonio Capolongo; pages 163-167.
- Francesco Сарuto; pages 237-240.
- Marco CardiscoMarco CardiscoMarco Cardisco was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples during 1508-1542. He was a pupil of the painter and decorator Polidoro da Caravaggio, and influenced by Andrea da Salerno He painted at Sant' Agostino at Aversa. Among his pupils is the painter Pietro Negroni...
also known as Marco Calabrese; pages 59–62. - Lionardo Castellani; pages 163-167.
- Giovanni Filippo Crescione; pages 163-167.
- Giovanni Filippo CriscuoloGiovanni Filippo CriscuoloGiovanni Filippo Criscuolo was an Italian painter, active during the late-Renaissance period, mainly in Naples.Born in Gaeta, He trained with Andrea da Salerno and with Perino del Vaga in Rome. His brother Giovanni Angelico and daughter Mariangiola were also painters. He apparently wrote a...
; page 152. - Mariangiola CriscuoloMariangiola CriscuoloMariangiola Criscuolo was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in her natal city of Naples.Born to painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo; her uncle, Giovanni Angelo was also a painter. She married the painter Giovanni Antonio d'Amato il giovane. She excelled in painting...
; pages 327-330. - Giovanni Battista Cavagni; pages 95–101.
- Giacomo Cosentino; page 153.
- Giovanni Angelo CriscuoloGiovanni Angelo CriscuoloGiovanni Angelo Criscuolo was the younger brother of Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Although he showed an early inclination for art, his father would not permit him to make it his profession, but obliged him to follow the business of a notary...
; pages 154-162. - Giovanni Filippo CriscuoloGiovanni Filippo CriscuoloGiovanni Filippo Criscuolo was an Italian painter, active during the late-Renaissance period, mainly in Naples.Born in Gaeta, He trained with Andrea da Salerno and with Perino del Vaga in Rome. His brother Giovanni Angelico and daughter Mariangiola were also painters. He apparently wrote a...
; pages 154, 174-165 (sic). - Francesco CuriaFrancesco CuriaFrancesco Curia was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede and Ippolito Borghese....
; pages 205-211. - Giovanni Vicenzo Corso; pages 63–64.
- Fra Giulio Cesare Falco; page 150.
- Antonio Fiorentino; pages 95–101.
- Vincenzo Forlì; pages 163-167.
- Mommetto Greuter; pages 163-167.
- Sigismondo di Giovanni; pages 95–101.
- Francesco ImparatoFrancesco ImparatoFrancesco Imparato was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his city of birth, Naples.Father of Girolamo Imparato. He trained under Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo, where he became a close friend and fellow-pupil of Fabrizio Santafede. He became a follower of Andrea Sabbatini...
; pages 143-149. - Girolamo ImparatoGirolamo ImparatoGirolamo Imparato was an Italian painter working in a late-Renaissance or Mannerist style, active mainly in Naples. His father, the painter Francesco Imparato, was a colleague of Francesco Santafede.-References:...
; pages 212-218. - Giovanni Bernardo LamaGiovanni Bernardo LamaGiovanni Bernardo Lama was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was the son of a generally unknown artist, Matteo Lama. He was the apprentice of Giovanni Antonio D’Amato, then Polidoro da Caravaggio who had fled Rome after the Sack of 1527. He worked in the...
; pages 114-126. - Pompeo LandulfoPompeo LandulfoPompeo Landulfo was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his native city of Naples.Initially a pupil of Giovanni Bernardo Lama, he painted an altar-piece for the church of San Matteo at Naples, representing the Virgin with the Infant Jesus in clouds surrounded by angels...
; pages 114-126. - Matteo da Lecce; page 151.
- Pirro LigorioPirro LigorioPirro Ligorio was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian and garden designer.-Biography:Ligorio was born in Naples. In 1534 he moved to Rome, where he developed his interest in antiquities, and was named superintendent to the ancient monuments by the Popes Pius IV and Paul IV...
; pages 168-173. - Battista Loca; pages 163-167.
- Giacomo Manecchia; pages 163-167.
- Ferdinando ManlioFerdinando ManlioFerdinando Manlio was an Italian sculptor, architect and urban planner of the Renaissance, active in Naples. He trained under the sculptor Giovanni da Nola....
; pages 95–101. - Alessandro MartucciAlessandro MartucciAlessandro Martucci was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active near his natal city of Capua. Hi son, Simio, painted quadratura and died in 1641.-References:...
; page 151. - Cola della Matrice (Cola dell'Amatrice or Nicola FilotesioNicola FilotesioNicola Filotesio was an Italian painter, architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period, active primarily in or near the town of Ascoli Piceno .A native of the town of Amatrice in the Papal State of Latium Nicola Filotesio (9 September 1480 [differing sources give 1489]—31 August 1547 [sources...
); pages 143-149. - Marco Mazzaroppi; pages 163-167.
- Giovanno Merliano (Giovanno da Nola); pages 1–33.
- Vincenzo della Monica; pages 95–101.
- Giovanni Battista Nasoni; page 153.
- Marco Antonio Nicotera; page 152.
- Pietro Nigrone Calabrese; pages 127-135.
- Onofrio Palomea; pages 241-244.
- Pietro Paolo Ponzo; page 152.
- Simon Papa il giovane; pages 127-135.
- Bartolomeo Pettinato; pages 237-240.
- Pietro dell Piata; pages 109-113.
- Marco di Pino da Siena; pages 193-204.
- Antonio Pizzo; page 152.
- Scipione PulzoneScipione PulzoneScipione Pulzone , also known as Il Gaetano, was an Italian late Renaissance Mannerist or, more properly, "counter-Maniera" painter active in Rome...
da Gaeta (Scipione Gaetano); pages 168-173. - Aniello Redito; pages 237-240.
- Giovanni Battista Rossi; pages 237-240.
- Muzio Rossi; pages 241-244.
- Nunzio Rossi; pages 143-149.
- Giovanni Pietro Russo; page 150.
- Francesco Ruvviale (Francesco RuvialiFrancesco RuvialiFrancesco Ruviali was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.Also known as Il Polidorino due to his attachment to the style of Polidoro da Caravaggio. His life was noted by Bernardo de' Dominici, the biographer of Neapolitan artists, where Ruviali, a native of Spain, was brought up and where...
); pages 143-149. - Andrea del Salerno; pages 33–51.
- Novello da San Luciano; pages 65–70.
- Girolamo Santa Croce; pages 80–95.
- Fabrizio SantafedeFabrizio SantafedeFabrizio Santafede was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods. He painted in a late-Mannerist style. He was a pupil of his father, the painter Francesco Santafede, and later a pupil of Francesco Curia and Andrea Sabbatini...
; pages 223-236. - Francesco SantafedeFrancesco SantafedeFrancesco Santafede was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was the father of the painter Fabrizio Santafede, a pupil of Andrea Sabbatini...
; pages 143-149. - Orazio Scoppa; pages 241-244.
- Girolamo Siciolante da SermonetaGirolamo Siciolante da SermonetaGirolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Rome in the mid 16th century.Native to Sermoneta, he was reputed to have been a pupil of Leonardo da Pistoia. His first known work is an altarpiece once in the Valvisciolo Abbey, now in Palazzo Caetani in Rome. In...
; pages 127-135. - Nicoló di Simone; pages 241-244.
- Agnolo Sole; Volume 2, page 209-211.
- Pietro Francione Spagnuoli; pages 143-149.
- Giovanni Tomasso Splano; page 152.
- Dezio Termisano; pages 163-167.
- Cesare TurcoCesare TurcoCesare Turco was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Ischitella near Foggia. He was a pupil of Giovanni Antonio d'Amato but afterwards studied under Andrea Sabbatini. He painted for the churches and public buildings of Naples. He painted the Baptism of Christ by St...
; pages 102-108. - Father Giuseppe Valeriano (Jesuit); pages 168-173.
- Andrea di Vito; pages 237-240.
Volume III
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- Battistello CaraccioloBattistello CaraccioloGiovanni Battista Caracciolo was an Italian artist and important Neapolitan follower of Caravaggio....
- CaravaggioCaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
- Bernardo CavallinoBernardo CavallinoBernardo Cavallino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, working in Naples.Born in Naples, he likely died during the plague epidemic in 1656. While his paintings are some of the more stunningly expressive works emerging from the Neapolitan artists of his day, little is known about the...
- Francesco CozzaFrancesco CozzaFrancesco Cozza may refer to:* Francesco Cozza * Francesco Cozza...
- Domenico GargiuloDomenico GargiuloDomenico Gargiulo was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Naples and known for his landscapes....
- Artemisia GentileschiArtemisia GentileschiArtemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Early Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation influenced by Caravaggio...
- Corrado GiaquintoCorrado GiaquintoCorrado Giaquinto was an Italian Rococo painter.-Early training and move to Rome:He was born in Molfetta. As a boy he apprenticed with a modest local painter Saverio Porta, , escaping the religious career his parents had intended for him...
- Tommaso Giaquinto
- Luca GiordanoLuca GiordanoLuca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
- Andrea de Lione
- Jusepe Ribera
- Pacecco de RosaPacecco De RosaPacecco De Rosa was an Italian painter, active in Naples.-Biography:He was a contemporary of Massimo Stanzione or, according to others, a pupil of him...
- Francesco SolimenaFrancesco SolimenaFrancesco Solimena was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen.-Biography:Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino, near Avellino....
- Giovanni Battista Spinelli
- Massimo StanzioneMassimo StanzioneMassimo Stanzione was an Italian Baroque painter, mainly active in Naples.Massimo Stanzione was an Italian Baroque painter. Born in Naples in 1586, Massimo was greatly influenced by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, but what earned him the nickname of The Neapolitan Guido Reni was his...
- Battistello Caracciolo