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Born June 30, 1685 • Germany
Died November 16, 1766 (aged 81) • Wies • Germany • (Anniversary in 3 days)
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • Rococo

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Steinhausen: pilgrimage church
Figure 12: Ceiling design. (left) Highly ornate Rococo ceiling, Pilgrimage Church at Wies, Upper Bavaria (Germany) designed by Dominkus Zimmerman, 1745.
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Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
Würzburg Residenz, designed by Balthasar Neumann, 18th century, Würzburg, Germany.
Balthasar Neumann
German architect
rocaille decorated doors
François de Cuvilliés the Elder
French architect
Juvarra, Filippo: Stupinigi's royal hunting lodge
Filippo Juvarra
Italian architect
Fischer, Johann Michael: St. Michael's Church
Johann Michael Fischer
German architect
Dresden: Frauenkirche
George Bähr
German architect
Church of St. Nicholas in the Old City, Prague, by Christoph and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, 1703–11, 1732–52
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
German architect
Church of St. Nicholas in the Old City, Prague, by Christoph and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, 1703–11, 1732–52
Christoph Dientzenhofer
German architect
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Rome: Piazza Navona
Francesco Borromini
Italian architect
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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Austrian architect
Pietro da Cortona: St. Martina
Pietro da Cortona
Italian artist
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Germain Boffrand
French architect
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Bernardo Antonio Vittone
Italian architect
Guarini, Guarino: dome of San Lorenzo
Guarino Guarini
Italian architect, priest, mathematician, and theologian
Westminster Abbey
Nicholas Hawksmoor
British architect
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Robert de Cotte
French architect
Dôme des Invalides, Paris
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
French architect
Church of S. Marcello, Rome, by Carlo Fontana, c. 1683
Carlo Fontana
Italian architect
The Radcliffe Camera, designed by James Gibbs
James Gibbs
Scottish architect

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