Daniele barbaro biography

          Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro was an Italian cleric and diplomat....

          Daniele Barbaro

          Italian cleric and diplomat

          Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro (also Barbarus) (8 February 1514 – 13 April 1570)[1] was an Italian cleric and diplomat.

          He was also an architect, writer on architecture, and translator of, and commentator on, Vitruvius.

          Barbaro's fame is chiefly due to his vast output in the arts, letters, and mathematics.

          Biography.

        1. Born in Venice, Barbaro studied philosophy, mathematics, and optics at the University of Padua.
        2. Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro was an Italian cleric and diplomat.
        3. Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro (also Barbarus) (8 February – 13 April ) was an Italian cleric and diplomat.
        4. Collaborated with the classical scholar Daniele Barbaro in reconstructing Roman buildings for the plates of Vitruvius' influential architectural treatise .

          5. A cultured humanist, he was a friend and admirer of Torquato Tasso, a patron of Andrea Palladio, and a student of Pietro Bembo.Francesco Sansovino considered Daniele to be one of the three best Venetian architects, along with Palladio and Francesco's father Jacopo.

          Biography

          He was born in Venice, the son of Francesco di Daniele Barbaro and Elena Pisani, daughter of the banker Alvise Pisani and Cecilia Giustinian.[4] Barbaro studied philosophy, mathematics, and optics at the University of Padua.

          He has been credited with the design of the university's botanical garden.

          Barbaro served the Republic