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Designer
Giovanni Giocondo da Verona, named Fra’ Giocondo was an Italian
friar, architect, antiquary, archaeologist, classical scholar and treatizer. He published the first illustrated edition of “De Architettura” by Vitruvius. In the X liber, about machines, he put a lot of drawing using his knowledge of designer of hydraulic machines and building machines.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, architect, designer, treatizer.
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variant spelling:
Da Verona (named Fra' Giocondo), Giovanni Giocondo
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Curriculum vitae
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* 1433
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Verona
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born
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1450 - 1452
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he became Domenican Friar (or Franciscan)
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1489 - 1491
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He collaborates with Francesco di Giorgio’s Treaty of architecture
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1489 - 1491
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He collaborates with Francesco di Giorgio’s Treaty of architecture
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1489 - 1491
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He collaborates with Francesco di Giorgio’s Treaty of architecture
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1489 - 1493
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Napoli
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In Naples he served the Duke of Aragon
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1495
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He moved to France as court architect
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1506
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Roma
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He moved to Rome at the request of Pope Julius II to participate in the project of St. Peter
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1511
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he publishes the “De Architectura”
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† 01.07.1515
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Roma
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died
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