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Encyclopedia > Barbaro family
"The Glorification of the Barbaro Family" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Barbaro family is an aristocratic Venetian family which included the humanists Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro, who were among the patrons of the architect Andrea Palladio and the painter Paolo Veronese.[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo (March 5, 1696 - March 27, 1770) was an Venetian painter and printmaker, considered among the last Grand Manner fresco painters from the Venetian republic. ... For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ... Daniele Barbaro (Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro; Barbarigo, Barberigo: the -igo suffix is typically Venetian; 1513-70) was an Italian translator of, and commentator on, Vitruvius. ... Marcantonio Barbaro depicted by Tintoretto Marcantonio Barbaro(1518–1595), (Marc Antonio; Marcantonio Barbaro di Francesco; Barbarigo, Barberigo (The -igo suffix is typically Venetian)) is the brother of Daniele Barbaro. ... Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 – August 19, 1580), was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture. ... The Feast in the House of Levi (1573), one of the largest canvases of the 16th century. ...


The Barbaro family is documented as holding high office in the Republic of Venice as early as the ninth century, and the family was originally organized into three primary branches.[2] In the 15th century, the family's San Vidal branch expanded upon the large Gothic Palazzo Barbaro on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second Baroque palace right next to it to house their ball room.[3] The San Vidal branch would also build a country retreat at Maser - the famous Villa Barbaro designed by Palladio. By the end of the 18th century, the male line of the San Vidal branch died out with only the family's two other branches surviving today. [4] Interior of Cologne Cathedral Interior of San Zanipolo, Venice, photo Giovanni dallOrto. ... The Glorification of the Barbaro Family Ceiling painting originally in the Palazzo Barbaro painted by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Palazzi Barbaro (also known as CaBarbaro) are a pair of adjoining palaces built on Venices grand canal, formerly one of the homes of the San Vidal branch of the... For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... A hydrogen radio frequency discharge, the first element inside a hydrogen maser (see description below) A maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification due to stimulated emission. ... Villa Barbaro is a patrician villa in Maser, in the Veneto, northern Italy. ... Illustration from a 1736 English edition of I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura. ...


The family's branch known as "dell'Albergo" or "Albergo" resided in Venice at the Palazzi Barbaro-Dario in the San Vio (San Vito) neighborhood on the Grand Canal, and the Albergo's Palazzo Dario was renovated in 1479 by the architect Pietro Lombardo, [5]. The Albergo branch remained at their palace until the 19th century before retreating to their baronial estate at Catanzaro. [6]


The Albergo branch's primary income was based on silk production, and they organized their line around a corporation of nobility known as an "Albergo" or "Alberghi" similar to that of the House of Grimaldi [7] The Albergo branch's highest achievement was to be elevated to a cadet line of royalty as The Princely Counts of the Grand Princes of Transylvania to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine after their crucial involvement in the Battle of Temsvar on August 9, 1849, and the branch's greatest influence can be found in the name of the famous Sala dell'Albergo at the Chiesa di San Rocco di Venezia [8] “Grimaldi” redirects here. ... The Chiesa di San Rocco (Church of St Roch) in Venice was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, but was substantially altered in 1725. ...


The third branch of the Barbaro family, known as "San Giorgio", ceased being Venetian nobility after 1778 when they accepted the Maltese title of Marchesi di San Giorgio, and after a member of the San Giorgio branch married a German countess, the San Giorgio branch also became the holders of the title Counts Von Zimmermann[9] This article needs cleanup. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


The Barbaro family is greatly recognized as an intellectual family who helped influence the course of Western Civilization through their scholarship in the areas of art, science, and civics. Barbaro family members acted as deans and professors of the University of Padua and as Patriarchs of Aquileia.[10] The family is immortalized on the facade of the church of Santa Maria Zobenigo in Venice which was built for them to originally serve as a family crypt.[11] Gymnasivm Patavinum: The Universitys main Bo palace shown in a 1654 woodcut The University of Padua (Italian Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) located in Padua, Italy was founded in 1222. ... List of the Bishops and Archbishops of Aquileia. ... The Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio (Church of St Mary of the Lily, presented to her by the Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation) is more commonly known as Santa Maria Zobenigo after the Jubanico family who founded it in the 9th century. ...


Notable members

  • Donato Barbaro about 1259: Venetian Admiral
  • Francesco Barbaro (1390-1454): Grand Prince for the knighthood of Order of the Dragon
  • Giosafat Barbaro (1413-1494): Asian Ambassador
  • Ermolao Barbaro (1454—1493/1495): Philosopher
  • Marco Barbaro (1511–1570): Geneologist
  • Daniele Barbaro (1513-70): Scholar, Cardinal and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
  • Marcantonio Barbaro (1518–1595): French Ambassador and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
  • Dr. Anthony Cremona Barbaro (1955-): Current Head of the San Giorgio Branch, 9th Marquis of St. George
  • Vitus Sebastian Barbaro (1973-): Current Head of the Albergo Branch, Patrician of Venice, Baron dell'Albergo, 5th Princely Count of the Grand Princes of Transylvania

Donato Barbaro was born of the noble Barbaro family of Venice, He was commander over a 40 galley armada and was also responsible for the Venetian victory over the Paleologo in 1259. ... Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454); was an important humanist in Venice. ... Giosafat Barbaro (Josaphat; Barbarigo, Barberigo (The -igo suffix is typically Venetian)); (1413-1494) was a famous merchant and explorer. ... Ermolao Barbaro (May 21, 1454—June 14, 1493 or 1495) was an Italian Renaissance scholar. ... Marco Barbaro (1511–1570) was of the Venetian noble Barbaro family and the author of a Genealogie Patrizie, and other works in Venice. ... Daniele Barbaro (Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro; Barbarigo, Barberigo: the -igo suffix is typically Venetian; 1513-70) was an Italian translator of, and commentator on, Vitruvius. ... Villa Barbaro is a patrician villa in Maser, in the Veneto, northern Italy. ... Marcantonio Barbaro depicted by Tintoretto Marcantonio Barbaro(1518–1595), (Marc Antonio; Marcantonio Barbaro di Francesco; Barbarigo, Barberigo (The -igo suffix is typically Venetian)) is the brother of Daniele Barbaro. ...

Notes

  1. ^ Hobson, pp.89 – 97
  2. ^ Hobson. p,91.
  3. ^ Ca'Barbaro
  4. ^ Hobson, p.93.
  5. ^ www.rosswarner.com
  6. ^ Palazzo Barbaro-Dario, Venice.JC-R.Net, Nauplion.Net/Ca Dario-Palazzo:HTML
  7. ^ Edwards, Anne; The Grimaldis of Monaco, William Morrow, 1992
  8. ^ Astris Zenkert, Tintoretto in der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble und Wirkung Ernst wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003 ISBN 3-8030-1918-4
  9. ^ Giles Ash, S; The Nobility of Malta, Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd., 1988
  10. ^ The Patriarchate of Aquileia; Giga-Catholic Information
  11. ^ Alfredo Tafuri, trans.Jessica Levine, 1989, MIT Press, ISBN 0262700549

MIT Press Books The MIT Press is a university publisher affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

References

  • Hobson, Anthony. (Villa Barbaro - pages 89 – 97) "Great Houses of Europe". 1961.(reprinted 1970) George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd. London. ISBN 0-600-33843-6.
  • Ca'Barbaro (Italian) retrieved 10 July 2007
 

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