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BORROMINI, FRANCESCO (1599-1667)

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BORROMINI, See also:FRANCESCO (1599-1667) , See also:Italian architect, was See also:born at Bissone in 1599. He was the See also:chief representative of the See also:style known in See also:architecture as " See also:baroque," which marked a fearless and often reckless departure from the traditional See also:laws of the See also:Renaissance, and often obtained originality only at the cost of beauty or See also:wisdom. One of the See also:main opponents of this style was See also:Barocchio (q.v.). Borromini was much employed in the See also:middle of the 17th See also:century at See also:Rome. His See also:principal See also:works are the See also:church of St Agnese in Piazza Navona, the church of La Sapienza in Rome, the church of See also:San Carlino alle See also:Fontane, the church of the Collegio di Propaganda, and the restoration of San Giovanni in Laterano. . He died by his own See also:hand at Rome in 1667. Engravings of his chief compositions are to be found in the See also:posthumous See also:work, Francisci Borromini See also:opus Architectonicum (1727).

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