Francesco Borromini - biography

Who is Francesco Borromini?

Born in 1599-09-25 Bissone - died in 1667-08-03 Rome


He was a leading architect of high Italian baroque. He was the first to apply the scale widths wavy lines, concave and convex. In its general architecture was chiaroscuro and unique, fancy solution. He created a new aesthetic style, a restless and picturesque.

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