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Also Known As Bernardo delle Girandole
Born 1536? • Florence • Italy
Died June 25, 1608 or June 26, 1608 • Florence • Italy
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture
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Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer and architect
Rossi, Aldo: Quartier Schützenstrasse
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Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. The building was designed by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Quarenghi.
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Vincenzo Scamozzi
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Nicola Sabbatini
Italian architect
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni
French theatrical designer and architect
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Rome: Piazza Navona
Francesco Borromini
Italian architect
Pietro da Cortona: St. Martina
Pietro da Cortona
Italian artist
Bernardo Antonio Vittone
Italian architect
Guarini, Guarino: dome of San Lorenzo
Guarino Guarini
Italian architect, priest, mathematician, and theologian
Church of S. Marcello, Rome, by Carlo Fontana, c. 1683
Carlo Fontana
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Facade of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, by Carlo Maderno, 1607.
Carlo Maderno
Italian architect
Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati, Italy
Giacomo della Porta
Italian architect
Staircase of the Royal Palace, Caserta, Italy, by Luigi Vanvitelli, 1752
Luigi Vanvitelli
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Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome; the church's facade was designed by Carlo Rainaldi.
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Jacob J. Shubert
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Lee Shubert
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