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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti worked across sculpture, painting, architecture and poetry during the Italian Renaissance. His m...

Italian Renaissance Religious Sculptural

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Andrea Palladio

Classical proportion and carefully organized space define Andrea Palladio's contribution to Renaissance architecture. Th...

Classical Italian Renaissance Historic

9.78 Brilliant

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Filippo Brunelleschi

The dome of Florence Cathedral makes Filippo Brunelleschi a central figure in Renaissance architecture and engineering....

Italian Renaissance Historic Dome

9.72 Brilliant

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Sinan

As chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, Sinan shaped the classical Ottoman architectural tradition through buildings t...

Classical Ottoman Imperial Mosques

9.62 Brilliant

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Ictinus

Active in the fifth century BCE, Ictinus was an ancient Greek architect associated with major temple building. He is cre...

Classical Ancient Greek Temple

9.62 Brilliant

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Callicrates

Callicrates was a Greek architect of the 5th century BCE who worked in Athens during the Periclean building program. He...

Classical Ancient Greek Ionic

9.54 Brilliant

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop

The Renzo Piano Building Workshop is an international architectural firm established by Pritzker Architecture Prize laur...

Italian Contemporary High Tech Firm

9.52 Brilliant

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Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano is a renowned Italian architect celebrated for innovative designs across diverse projects. His work emphasiz...

Italian Contemporary High Tech Sustainable

9.46 Excellent

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Donato Bramante

Donato Bramante (1444-1516) was a pivotal Italian architect of the High Renaissance. His work significantly shaped class...

Classical Italian Renaissance Historic

9.46 Excellent

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Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) was a leading British architect recognized for his country houses, public monuments, and u...

Classical Early 20TH Century British Civic

9.46 Excellent

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was a prominent Italian architect active during the Baroque period. He is best known for his transf...

Baroque Italian Historic Church

9.42 Excellent

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Claude Perrault

Claude Perrault was a 17th-century French physician, anatomist, and architect best remembered for his architectural work...

Classical French 17TH Century Civic

8.83 Great

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Michelozzo

Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) was a Florentine architect and sculptor closely associated with the Medi...

Classical Italian Renaissance Historical

8.72 Great

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Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti was a key figure in the Italian Renaissance as both an architect and scholar. His comprehensive th...

Classical Italian Renaissance Theory

8.70 Great

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Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1505-1577) was an Italian architect of the Renaissance period. He is recognized for his inno...

Italian Renaissance Churches Orders

8.47 Great

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Baldassare Peruzzi

Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1537) was a prominent Italian Renaissance architect primarily associated with projects in Rome....

Italian Renaissance Perspective Palaces

8.08 Great

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Sebastiano Serlio

Sebastiano Serlio was a prominent Italian Renaissance architect best known for his comprehensive architectural treatise....

Italian Renaissance Treatise Classicism

8.02 Great

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Ernesto Rogers

Ernesto Nathan Rogers was an Italian architect, writer, educator, and architectural critic associated with twentieth-cen...

Italian Modernist Editor Historical

7.96 Good

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Vincenzo Scamozzi

Vincenzo Scamozzi was an Italian architect and architectural theorist active during the late Renaissance, principally in...

Italian Renaissance Theory Villas

7.84 Good

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Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was an Italian Renaissance architect, painter, and writer whose work heavily influenced the d...

Italian Renaissance Civic Mannerist

7.76 Good