Juan de Herrera
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Juan de Herrera was a prominent 16th-century Spanish architect best known for his austere, geometric style and his work on the El Escorial monastery-palace complex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juan de Herrera canonical | 12 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance architect
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Spanish architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
austere
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geometric ⓘ monumental classicism ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1530-01-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Movellán, Cantabria
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| citizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1597-01-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Madrid
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| designed |
Basilica of San Lorenzo el Real
ⓘ
surface form:
Basilica of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
El Escorial ⓘ
surface form:
Courtyard of the Kings at El Escorial
Casa Lonja de Mercaderes ⓘ
surface form:
Lonja de Sevilla (Seville Exchange)
Palace of Aranjuez ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Palace of Aranjuez (early works)
El Escorial ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Pantheon at El Escorial
Valladolid Cathedral ⓘ El Escorial ⓘ
surface form:
façade of the Monastery of El Escorial
|
| employer | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| era |
16th century
ⓘ
Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ military engineering ⓘ |
| influenced |
17th-century Spanish architects
ⓘ
Spanish Baroque architecture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Juan Bautista de Toledo ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing El Escorial
ⓘ
developing the Herrerian architectural style ⓘ |
| movement |
Herrerian architecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Herrerian style
Spanish Renaissance ⓘ |
| name | Juan de Herrera self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
El Escorial
ⓘ
El Escorial ⓘ
surface form:
Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
El Escorial ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
|
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
geometer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Maestro Mayor of El Escorial
ⓘ
royal architect to Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Juan Bautista de Toledo ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
emphasis on symmetry and proportion
ⓘ
minimal ornamentation ⓘ severe geometric forms ⓘ |
| succeeded |
Juan Bautista de Toledo
ⓘ
surface form:
Juan Bautista de Toledo as chief architect of El Escorial
|
| workedFor | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.