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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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rocaille decorated doors
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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Steinhausen: pilgrimage church
Dominikus Zimmermann
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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
Germain Boffrand
French architect
Robert de Cotte
French architect
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and author
Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
Facade of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, by Carlo Maderno, 1607.
Carlo Maderno
Italian architect
Henry Holland
British architect
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
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
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Paris: Place de la Concorde
Ange-Jacques Gabriel
French architect
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine
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