Joseph Bonomi the Elder was an Italian architect and draughtsman notable for his activity in England. Born in Rome, he made his early reputation there, then moved to London in 1767. He worked from 1768 until 1781 in the practice of Robert and James Adam before setting up his own business.

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  • Joseph Bonomi the Elder was an Italian architect and draughtsman notable for his activity in England. Born in Rome, he made his early reputation there, then moved to London in 1767. He worked from 1768 until 1781 in the practice of Robert and James Adam before setting up his own business. Notable works include: Parts of Towneley Hall near Burnley in Lancashire Barrells Hall, near Ullenhall, Henley in Arden Warwickshire, home of Lady Luxborough & the Newton family of Glencripesdale Estate, Argyll Packington Hall Chapel, Warwickshire A mausoleum at Blickling Park, Norfolk Piercefield House in Monmouthshire Remodelling of Stanstead Park, Sussex Alterations to Hatchlands Park, near Guildford, Surrey Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, St James's, London (1789-1790) Laverstoke House, Laverstoke, Hampshire (1798) Sections of Lambton Castle, near Washington, County Durham Longford Hall in Shropshire In 1775 he married a cousin of Angelica Kauffmann. In 1789, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, and from that time constantly exhibited architectural drawings. In 1804 he was appointed architect of St. Peter's at Rome. He died in London in 1808. He was the father of Ignatius Bonomi (1787-1870), also an architect, and of Joseph Bonomi the Younger (1796-1878), who became an eminent sculptor, artist and Egyptologist.
  • Nato in Italia, si trasferì in Inghilterra nel 1767 per lavorare con Robert Adam. Qui sposò la nipote di Angelika Kauffmann, una decoratrice che lavorava anch'essa per Adam. Verso il 1780 Bonomi lasciò lo studio dei fratelli Adam e al 1782 risale la commissione di quello che fu probabilmente il suo primo lavoro indipendente: la decorazione della Long Gallery di Packington, nel Warwickshire, dove creò un ambiente decorato secondo il gusto pompeiano. Ma la sua opera migliore resta la chiesa innalzata nel parco di Packington tra il 1789 ed il 1790, caratterizzata da un aspetto severo e spettrale che denuncia affinità con la coeva architettura rivoluzionaria di Claude-Nicolas Ledoux in Francia e Gilly in Germania. Si tratta di un edificio unico nel panorama inglese. L'esterno è in puro laterizio ed è alleggerito da grandi finestroni a lunetta semicircolare di derivazione termale. L'interno, nelle colonne doriche che sostengono le volte di copertura, sembra ispirarsi al Tempio di Nettuno a Paestum; probabilmente questa conformazione interna influenzò diversi architetti, tra cui James Wyatt.
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  • Joseph Bonomi the Elder was an Italian architect and draughtsman notable for his activity in England. Born in Rome, he made his early reputation there, then moved to London in 1767. He worked from 1768 until 1781 in the practice of Robert and James Adam before setting up his own business.
  • Nato in Italia, si trasferì in Inghilterra nel 1767 per lavorare con Robert Adam. Qui sposò la nipote di Angelika Kauffmann, una decoratrice che lavorava anch'essa per Adam. Verso il 1780 Bonomi lasciò lo studio dei fratelli Adam e al 1782 risale la commissione di quello che fu probabilmente il suo primo lavoro indipendente: la decorazione della Long Gallery di Packington, nel Warwickshire, dove creò un ambiente decorato secondo il gusto pompeiano.
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  • Joseph Bonomi the Elder
  • Joseph Bonomi il Vecchio
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