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Born c.1668
Died May 23, 1743 • London • England
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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The Church of St. John, Smith Square, Westminster, London; designed by Thomas Archer and built in 1713–28.
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Westminster Abbey
Nicholas Hawksmoor
British architect
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Sir John Vanbrugh
British dramatist and 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
Würzburg Residenz, designed by Balthasar Neumann, 18th century, Würzburg, Germany.
Balthasar Neumann
German architect
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Bernardo Antonio Vittone
Italian architect
Guarini, Guarino: dome of San Lorenzo
Guarino Guarini
Italian architect, priest, mathematician, and theologian
Steinhausen: pilgrimage church
Dominikus Zimmermann
German architect
Dôme des Invalides, Paris
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
French architect
Church of S. Marcello, Rome, by Carlo Fontana, c. 1683
Carlo Fontana
Italian architect
Juvarra, Filippo: Stupinigi's royal hunting lodge
Filippo Juvarra
Italian architect
The Radcliffe Camera, designed by James Gibbs
James Gibbs
Scottish architect
Facade of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, by Carlo Maderno, 1607.
Carlo Maderno
Italian architect
Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome; the church's facade was designed by Carlo Rainaldi.
Carlo Rainaldi
Italian architect
Cobergher, Wenceslas: Basilica of Scherpenheuvel
Wenceslas Cobergher
Flemish architect
Jacob van Campen: Mauritshuis
Jacob van Campen
Dutch 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

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