Francesco Maria Preti is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Francesco Maria Preti as architect (1701-1774).
Francesco Maria Preti was born at Castelfranco Veneto in 1701. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Villa Pisani and Dome of Castlefranco Veneto. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
That the work was built in Italy shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Francesco Maria Preti died in 1774, aged 73. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Villa Pisani
- Notable work: Dome of Castlefranco Veneto
