!!!Pozzo, Andrea b. Trento (Italy), Nov. 30, 1642, d. Vienna, Aug. 31, 1709, architect, sculptor, painter of the late Baroque, Jesuit lay-brother. Leading expert and theorist of architectural illusionist painting; 1702 called from Rome to Vienna by Emperor Leopold I; his overall view of architecture, sculpture and painting was for a long time exemplary in Austria. !Works Vienna: baroque reconstruction of the Jesuit Church, 1703-1707; high altar pictures in Jesuit Church and Franciscan Church, 1707; ceiling fresco in the Palace Liechtenstein in the Rossau, 1708. !Literature B. Kerber, A. P., 1971; H. Karner, Zur Rezeption des scheinarchitekton. Werkes von A. P. in den habsburg. Laendern noerdlich der Alpen im 18. Jh., doctoral thesis, 2 vols., Vienna 1995; A. Battisti (ed.), A. P., %%sup 2/%1998. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Pozzo,_Andrea|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]