Biagio Rossetti
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Biagio Rossetti, (circa 1447 - 1516), was an Italian architect and urbanist from Ferrara. A military engineer since 1483, and the ducal arhictect of Ercole d'Este I, in 1492 Rossetti was assigned the project of enlarging the city of Ferrara.
Rossetti is considered the first architect in the history of urbanistics to make use of the advantages of the modern methods: balancing the humanistic principles in architecture, the real needs of the city, and local traditions. Beginning in 1495, he projected and directed construction of the defense walls around the city.
After Ercole's death in 1505, Rossetti served the Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, in which role he was responsible for the creation of many notable palazzi and churches.
Sources
- Bruno Zevi, Biagio Rossetti architetto ferrarese. Il primo urbanista moderno europeo (Torino, 1960)
- Ada Francesca Marcianò, L'età di Biagio Rossetti. Rinascimenti di casa d'Este (Ferrara-Roma, 1991)
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