Della Porta, a Milanese architect, was a pupil of Vignola’s. His great work was the finishing of the dome of St. Peter’s in Rome, in doing which he followed Michelangelo’s plan, but improved the curve. His other works in Rome were: the churches of Il Gesù, S. Luigi de’ Francesi, S. Catarina de’ Funari, the Palazzo Paluzzi, the façade of the Palazzo Chigi, the famous fountains in the Piazza d’Araceli and the Piazza Navona (for which Bernini supplied the sculpture), and the Fontana delle Tartarughe. In Genoa he finished the church of the S. S. Annunziata, and he was employed on the Villa d’Este at Tivoli and the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati.
PRATI
XVIII Century
Prati collaborated with Count Frigimelica in building the Villa Pisani, at Strà near Venice, in the eighteenth century.
RAINALDI (GIROLAMO)
1570-1655
Rainaldi was a Roman and his principal works are in Rome. He planned the church of S. Agnese; built the façade of S. Andrea della Valle, the façade of S. Maria in Campitelli, and the Palazzo Pamphily on the Piazza Navona. He added two pavilions to the Farnesina, and designed the grounds of the Villa Borghese and the gardens of the Villa Mondragone at Frascati. In Bologna he built the church of S. Lucia.
RAPHAEL SANZIO
1483-1520
Raphael succeeded Bramante as chief architect of St. Peter’s. His most important villa is the famous Villa Madama near Rome. The Farnesina in Rome was built by him, and he laid out the gardens of the Vatican. His other works in Rome are the Palazzo Caffarelli (now Stoppani) and the Capella Chigi. In Florence he designed the façades of the church of San Lorenzo and of the Palazzo Pandolfini (now Nencini).
REPTON (HUMPHREY)
1752-1818
Repton, who was born at Bury St. Edmunds, began life as a merchant, but having failed in his business, became a landscape-gardener. He published “Observations on Landscape Gardening” (1803), and is the best-known successor of “Capability Brown” in the naturalistic style of gardening.