He was a professor of projective geometry at the
University of Padua. His fame is mainly linked to his role as president of the
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. During his tenure, in December 1926, he founded the
Università Iuav di Venezia, the second high school of architecture to be established in
Italy. An
Art criticism and promoter of activities aimed at disseminating Venetian art, from 1920 to 1926 he was the first president of the
Venice Biennale not to also hold the office of mayor of the city, while, as president of the
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, in 1925 he oversaw the reorganization and refurbishment of several rooms in the museum , with particular attention to the art gallery, for which he edited the catalog. Politically, he was a militant supporter of late Risorgimento radicalism, while his nephew
Amadeo Bordiga was one of the founders of the
Italian Communist Party. The city of
Padua has named a street after him. ==References==