William Of Sens: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Guillaume de Sens
Died	August 11, 1180 • France

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

French architect

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José Benito Churriguera

Spanish architect

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Joaquín Churriguera

Spanish architect

Filippo Brunelleschi

Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian architect

Nervi

Pier Luigi Nervi

Italian engineer and architect

Bronze equestrian statue of Charles IV by Manuel Tolsa, showing the king in regal attire on horseback in front of a historic stone building in Mexico City.

Manuel Tolsá

Spanish-born sculptor and architect

Latrobe, Benjamin

Benjamin Latrobe

American architect

St. John's College Chapel

Sir George Gilbert Scott

British architect

Smithsonian Institution

James Renwick

American architect

James Wyatt, c. 1800.

James Wyatt

British architect

Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.

Diego de Siloé

Spanish artist

Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.

Arnolfo di Cambio

Italian sculptor and architect

Herrera, Juan de: Cathedral of Valladolid

Juan de Herrera

Spanish architect

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Bernardo Rossellino

Italian sculptor

Segovia: cathedral

Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón

Spanish architect

Burges, William: St. Finbar's Cathedral

William Burges

British architect

Maitani, Lorenzo: Orvieto Cathedral facade

Lorenzo Maitani

Italian sculptor

Prague: St. Vitus's Cathedral

Petr Parléř

German mason

Segovia: cathedral

Juan Gil de Hontañón

Spanish architect

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Pierre Fontaine

French architect

Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.

Artists, Painters, & Architects

Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

Architecture: The Built World