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Architects born active died
1650, Nov 30 1670s-1710s 1718, Sep 11
an Italian architect who was an evident figure in the shaping of Baroque style in the North Alps. His influence on the Baroque style was notable in his work Stadtpalais Liechtenstein (Town Palace), in Vienna, which glorifies an elaborate staircase, derived from Bernini's Chigi-Odescalchi Palace, in Rome.
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Domenico Martinelli 1650, Nov 30 1670
1718, Sep 11 1718, Sep 11
Maurits Post 1645, Dec 10 1669 1677 1677, Jun 6 a Dutch Golden Age architect. Post was the son of the architect Pieter Post, and was probably his... Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598, Dec 7 1609 1678 1680, Nov 28 an Italian artist and a prominent architect who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sc... Baldassarre Longhena 1598 1620 1680 1682, Feb 18 an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of ... Guarino Guarini 1624, Jan 7 1648 1683 1683, Mar 6 an Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque and Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. H... Francisco Herrera the Younger 1622 1650 1685 1685, Aug 25 a Spanish painter and architect. He excelled in still life. He already painted bodegones, fish so... Pierre Paul Puget 1620, Oct 16 1634 1688 1694, Dec 2 a French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. He was born in Marseille. At the age of fourt... Carlo Rainaldi 1611, May 4 1630 1689 1691, Feb 8 an Italian architect of the Baroque period, one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, k... Andre Le Notre 1613, Mar 12 1635 1691 1700, Sep 15 a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. Most notably... Lorenzo Gafa 1638 1661 1699 1703 a Maltese baroque architect. He worked on the church of St. Paul, Rabat (1664–1683); Sarria chu... Franz Martinelli 1651 ca 1670 1699 1708, Oct 28 an Austrian architect born in Italy. Father of Johann Baptist and Anton Erhard Martinelli. His mo... Jules Hardouin-Mansart 1646, Apr 16 1670 1703 1708, May 11 a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex of French Baroque architectu... Nicodemus Tessin the Younger 1654, May 23 1681 1703 1728, Apr 10 a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator. Most of Tessin's projects as an arc... Elizabeth Mytton Wilbraham 1632 1671 1704 1705 a member of the English aristocracy, who traditionally has been identified as an important archit... Andrea Pozzo 1642, Nov 30 1659 1709 1709, Aug 31 an Italian Jesuit Brother, Baroque painter and architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theo... James Smith [1] 1645 ca 1677 1710 1731 a Scottish architect, who pioneered the Palladian style in Scotland. He was described by Colen Ca... Christopher Wren 1632, Oct 20 1653 1718 1723, Feb 25 one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility fo... Christoph Dientzenhofer 1655, Jul 7 1670 1722 1722, Jun 20 a prominent Bavarian architect of South-German, Austrian and Bohemian Baroque. Among his works ar... Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach 1656, Jul 20 1671 1723 1723, Apr 5 an Austrian architect, sculptor, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundl... Jan Blazej Santini-Aichel 1677, Feb 3 1700 1723 1723, Dec 7 a Bohemian-Czech architect of Italian descent, whose major works represent the unique Baroque Got... Jakob Prandtauer 1660, Jul 16 1680 1726 1726, Sep 16 an Austrian Baroque architect. Trained as a stonemason rather than as an architect, he designed a... Teodoro Ardemans 1661 ca 1702 1726 1726 a Spanish architect and painter. He was a disciple of the painter Claudio Coello, although he mai... Colen Campbell 1676, Jun 15 1712 1729 1729, Sep 13 a pioneering Scottish architect and architectural writer, credited as a founder of the Georgian s... Domenico Trezzini 1670 ca 1703 1734 1734 a Swiss Italian architect who elaborated the Petrine Baroque style of Russian architecture. Domen... Cosmas Damian Asam 1686, Sep 29 1713 1734 1739, May 10 a German painter and architect during the late Baroque period. Brother of sculptor Egid Quirin As... Nicholas Hawksmoor 1661 ca 1679 1736 1736, Mar 25 an English architect. He was a leading figure of the English Baroque style of architecture in the... Filippo Juvarra 1678, Mar 7 1705 1736 1736, Jan 31 an Italian architect and stage set designer, active in a late-Baroque style. In 1708 he created h... Giacomo Leoni 1686 1710 1739 1746, Jun 8 an Italian architect, born in Venice. He was a devotee of the work of Florentine Renaissance arch... Josef Munggenast 1680, Mar 5 1717 1739 1741, May 3 an Austrian architect and masterbuilder of the Baroque period. Munggenast was born in Schnann in ... William Kent 1685 ca 1709 1743 1748, Apr 12 An eminent English architect, landscape architect and furniture designer of the early 18th centur... Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt 1668, Nov 14 1696 1745 1745, Nov 16 an Austrian baroque architect and military engineer who designed stately buildings and churches a... William Adam 1689 1714 1746 1748, Jun 24 a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur. He was the foremost architect of his time in Scotl... Anton Erhard Martinelli 1684 1700 1747 1747, Sep 15 an Austrian architect and master-builder of Italian descent. Son of architect Franz Martinelli, b... Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer 1689, Sep 1 1717 1751 1751, Dec 18 a Bohemian architect of the Baroque era. He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph D... Balthasar Neumann 1687, Jan 27 1712 1753 1753, Aug 19 a German architect and military artillery engineer who developed a refined brand of Baroque archi... Dominikus Zimmermann 1685, jun 30 1716 1754 1766, Nov 16 a German Rococo architect and stuccoist. Brother of Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Born in Gaispoint ... Johann Baptist Zimmermann 1680, Jan 3 1701 1757 1758, Mar 2 a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque, he was born in Gaispoint, Wesso... Giorgio Massari 1687, Oct 13 1715 1759 1766, Dec 20 an Italian late-Baroque architect from Venice. He designed the Villa Lattes near Treviso in 1715,... Johann Michael Fischer 1692, Feb 18 1714 1766 1766, May 6 a German architect in the late Baroque period. He studied in Bohemia and combined Bohemian elemen... Joao Frederico Ludovice 1673 1698 183 1752 a German born architect and goldsmith. Ludovice was born in Hohenhart. In 1698 he went to Italy, ... Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691, Jun 17 1710 184 1765, Oct 21 a painter and architect, who worked in Rome and is mainly known as one of the vedutisti ("view pa...
