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[[Image:Glorification of the barbaro.jpg|thumb|right|350px|"The Glorification of the Barbaro Family" by [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]]]] |
[[Image:Glorification of the barbaro.jpg|thumb|right|350px|"The Glorification of the Barbaro Family" by [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]]]] |
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The '''Barbaro family''' is a [[Patricianship|patrician]] [[Venice|Venetian]] family. |
The '''Barbaro family''' is a [[Patricianship|patrician]] [[Venice|Venetian]] family, highly noted for its cultured and intellectual family members. Two of its most famous members are the brothers [[Daniele Barbaro]] and [[Marcantonio Barbaro]], who were patrons of the architect [[Andrea Palladio]] and the painter [[Paolo Veronese]].<ref>Hobson, Anthony, "Villa Barbaro", in ''Great Houses of Europe'', ed. [[Sacheverell Sitwell]] (London: Weidenfeld, 1961), pp. 89–97. ISBN 0-600-33843-6</ref>. One branch of the family built a country home at [[Maser]] - the famous [[Villa Barbaro]] designed by [[Palladio]], but by the end of the 18th century, this branch's male line died out: only the family's two other branches survive today. <ref>Hobson, p. 93.</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The Barbaro family is documented as holding high office in the [[Republic of Venice]] as early as the ninth century,<ref>Hobson, p. 91.</ref> although no member |
The Barbaro family is documented as holding high office in the [[Republic of Venice]] as early as the ninth century,<ref>Hobson, p. 91.</ref> although no member ever officially accepted the post of [[Doge of Venice|Doge]], even after one member, [[Almoro Barbaro]] (1681-1758), was elected to it. Barbaro family members acted as deans and professors of the [[University of Padua]] and as [[List of Bishops and Patriarchs of Aquileia|Patriarchs of Aquileia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/aqui0.htm | title="The Patriarchate of Aquileia" | accessdate=2007-10-07}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In 1494, [[Vincenzo Barbaro]] inherited the [[Palazzo Dario]], and in the 17th century, the family expanded upon their large [[Palazzo Barbaro]] of [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] design on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second [[Baroque]] palace right next to it for the purpose of housing their ballroom.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.turismo.provincia.venezia.it/turismoambientale/cd_1/itinerari/Guggenheim/cabarbaro.html | title="Ca' Barbaro" (Italian) | accessdate=2008-11-14}}</ref> |
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A Vincenzo Barbaro inherited the [[Palazzo Dario]] in 1494. |
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| ⚫ | The church of [[San Francesco della Vigna]] houses a chapel of the Barbaro family containing the Barbaro arms, a red circle on a white field, which was granted in the 12th century after Admiral Marco Barbaro severed the hand of an opposing admiral in battle. With it, Marco Barbaro drew a ring of red blood on the man's turban, which he then flew from his [[masthead]] as a symbol of victory. <ref>''The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto'', Jonathan Buckley, Rough Guides, 2004, pg.165 </ref>. The Barbaro family is also honoured on the facade of another Venetian church, [[Santa Maria Zobenigo]], which was rebuilt by them to provide a family crypt.<ref>Tafuri, Manfredo, ''Venice and the Renaissance'', trans. Jessica Levine (Cambridge: [[MIT Press]], 1989). ISBN 0262700549</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In the 17th century, the family expanded upon their large [[Palazzo Barbaro]] of [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] design on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second [[Baroque]] palace right next to it for the purpose of housing their ballroom.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.turismo.provincia.venezia.it/turismoambientale/cd_1/itinerari/Guggenheim/cabarbaro.html | title="Ca' Barbaro" (Italian) | accessdate=2008-11-14}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The church of [[San Francesco della Vigna]] houses a chapel of the Barbaro family containing the Barbaro |
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The Barbaro family [[Albergo]] supported the ''Scuola Grande'' of the [[Chiesa di San Rocco di Venezia]], which primarily assisted citizens in time of plague, and the Scuola's Sala dell'Albergo functioned as the conference room for the members of the confraternity's Albergo. <ref> Astrid Zenkert, tintoretto in Der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble un Wirkung, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003. ISBN 3-8030-1918-4. </ref> |
The Barbaro family [[Albergo]] supported the ''Scuola Grande'' of the [[Chiesa di San Rocco di Venezia]], which primarily assisted citizens in time of plague, and the Scuola's Sala dell'Albergo functioned as the conference room for the members of the confraternity's Albergo. <ref> Astrid Zenkert, tintoretto in Der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble un Wirkung, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003. ISBN 3-8030-1918-4. </ref> |
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The Barbaro family is a patrician Venetian family, highly noted for its cultured and intellectual family members. Two of its most famous members are the brothers Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro, who were patrons of the architect Andrea Palladio and the painter Paolo Veronese.[1]. One branch of the family built a country home at Maser - the famous Villa Barbaro designed by Palladio, but by the end of the 18th century, this branch's male line died out: only the family's two other branches survive today. [2]
History
The Barbaro family is documented as holding high office in the Republic of Venice as early as the ninth century,[3] although no member ever officially accepted the post of Doge, even after one member, Almoro Barbaro (1681-1758), was elected to it. Barbaro family members acted as deans and professors of the University of Padua and as Patriarchs of Aquileia.[4]
In 1494, Vincenzo Barbaro inherited the Palazzo Dario, and in the 17th century, the family expanded upon their large Palazzo Barbaro of Gothic design on Venice's Grand Canal by also building a second Baroque palace right next to it for the purpose of housing their ballroom.[5]
The church of San Francesco della Vigna houses a chapel of the Barbaro family containing the Barbaro arms, a red circle on a white field, which was granted in the 12th century after Admiral Marco Barbaro severed the hand of an opposing admiral in battle. With it, Marco Barbaro drew a ring of red blood on the man's turban, which he then flew from his masthead as a symbol of victory. [6]. The Barbaro family is also honoured on the facade of another Venetian church, Santa Maria Zobenigo, which was rebuilt by them to provide a family crypt.[7]
The Barbaro family Albergo supported the Scuola Grande of the Chiesa di San Rocco di Venezia, which primarily assisted citizens in time of plague, and the Scuola's Sala dell'Albergo functioned as the conference room for the members of the confraternity's Albergo. [8]
References
- ^ Hobson, Anthony, "Villa Barbaro", in Great Houses of Europe, ed. Sacheverell Sitwell (London: Weidenfeld, 1961), pp. 89–97. ISBN 0-600-33843-6
- ^ Hobson, p. 93.
- ^ Hobson, p. 91.
- ^ ""The Patriarchate of Aquileia"". Retrieved 2007-10-07.
- ^ ""Ca' Barbaro" (Italian)". Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto, Jonathan Buckley, Rough Guides, 2004, pg.165
- ^ Tafuri, Manfredo, Venice and the Renaissance, trans. Jessica Levine (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989). ISBN 0262700549
- ^ Astrid Zenkert, tintoretto in Der Scuola di San Rocco, Ensemble un Wirkung, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tubingen 2003. ISBN 3-8030-1918-4.
Notable members
- Donato Barbaro (fl. c. 1259), Venetian admiral
- Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454), humanist
- Ermolao Barbaro (1410–1471/1474), bishop of Treviso and Verona
- Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494), ambassador
- Ermolao Barbaro (1454–1493/1495), philosopher
- Marco Barbaro (1511–1570), genealogist
- Daniele Barbaro (1513–70), scholar, cardinal and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
- Marcantonio Barbaro (1518–1595), ambassador and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
- Antonio Barbaro (d. 1679), Venetian soldier and colonial official
Notes
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