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François de Cuvilliés the Elder: Quick Facts

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Born October 23, 1695 • Belgium
Died April 14, 1768 (aged 72) • Munich • Germany
Notable Works Amalienburg • Residenztheater
Movement / Style Rococo

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François de Cuvilliés the Elder: Amalienburg
Figure 33: Sinuous, intricate curves characteristic of the Rococo decorative vocabulary: circular mirror room in the Amalienburg pavilion, Nymphenburg Palace, near Munich, designed by Francois de Cuvi
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Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
Steinhausen: pilgrimage church
Dominikus Zimmermann
German architect
Church of Notre-Dame, Le Raincy, Fr., by Auguste and Gustave Perret, 1923, with stained glass by Maurice Denis
Auguste Perret
French architect
Arc de Triomphe
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
French architect
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Germain Boffrand
French architect
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Robert de Cotte
French architect
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Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and author
Facade of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, by Carlo Maderno, 1607.
Carlo Maderno
Italian architect
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Henry Holland
British architect
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Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni
French theatrical designer and architect
Würzburg Residenz, designed by Balthasar Neumann, 18th century, Würzburg, Germany.
Balthasar Neumann
German architect
Juvarra, Filippo: Stupinigi's royal hunting lodge
Filippo Juvarra
Italian architect
Fischer, Johann Michael: St. Michael's Church
Johann Michael Fischer
German architect
Aleijadinho: Prophet sculpture
Aleijadinho
Brazilian sculptor and architect
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Pierre Fontaine
French architect
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
French architect
The Director's Pavillion, salt mines at Arc-et-Senans, near Besançon, Fr., by Ledoux, 1773–75
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
French architect
Paris: Place de la Concorde
Ange-Jacques Gabriel
French architect
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine
French architect

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