Giorgio Massari was a prominent late-Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 Venetian

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 architect. Among his masterpieces are the Chiesa dei Gesuati (1726-43) and the Palazzo Grassi-Stucky (1749). In the latter, Massari executed a traditional elegant marble fronted Grand Canal

Grand Canal of Venice

The Grand Canal is a canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city...

 palace facade, with Baroque rhythms and variations to the arrangement of bays.

Massari also designed the scenographic staircase entry to Villa Giovanelli, Noventa Padovana

Villa Giovanelli, Noventa Padovana

The Villa Giovannelli Colonna is a rural palace located in Noventa Padovana, in the region of the Veneto near Padua, northern Italy.The villa was commissioned in the late 17th century by the aristocrat Federico Maria Giovanelli to the architect Antonio Gaspari. The architect of the dramatic...

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