Francesco Borromini

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Baroque architect architect human

Francesco Borromini was a leading 17th-century Italian architect renowned for his innovative, highly expressive Baroque designs in Rome.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1667 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1620 ⓘ
birthName Francesco Castelli ⓘ
burialPlace San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
citizenship Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
collaboratedWith Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
countryOfBirth Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfDeath Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1599-09-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1667-08-03 ⓘ
employer Carlo Maderno ⓘ
Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
familyName Castelli ⓘ
genre church architecture ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ
givenName Francesco ⓘ
influenced Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Guarino Guarini ⓘ
influencedBy Carlo Maderno ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
knownFor complex geometries ⓘ
highly expressive Baroque designs ⓘ
innovative spatial compositions ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
name Francesco Borromini self-link ⓘ
notableWork Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ
surface form: Collegio di Propaganda Fide

Oratory of Saint Philip Neri ⓘ
Palazzo Barberini, Rome ⓘ
surface form: Palazzo Barberini

Palazzo Spada (courtyard modifications) ⓘ
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane ⓘ
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (cloister) ⓘ
Basilica of Saint John Lateran ⓘ
surface form: San Giovanni in Laterano (basilica renovations)

San Giovanni in Laterano (cloister) ⓘ
Sant'Agnese in Agone ⓘ
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza ⓘ
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza ⓘ
surface form: Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (dome)

Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (lantern) ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bissone ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rome ⓘ
pseudonym Francesco Borromini ⓘ
surface form: Borromini
religion Catholicism ⓘ
studentOf Carlo Maderno ⓘ
style Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Roman Baroque
workLocation Rome ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palazzo Barberini, Rome → architect → Francesco Borromini ⓘ
subject surface form: Palazzo Barberini
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome → architect → Francesco Borromini ⓘ
Baroque → hasNotableArchitect → Francesco Borromini ⓘ
Carlo Maderno → influenced → Francesco Borromini ⓘ
Francesco Borromini → name → Francesco Borromini self-link ⓘ
Pope Urban VIII → patronOf → Francesco Borromini ⓘ
Francesco Borromini → pseudonym → Francesco Borromini ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borromini