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Florence Baptistery of Saint John, Italy

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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

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Key People

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Italian artist

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

Swiss architect

Daniel H. Burnham.

Daniel Burnham

American architect

Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Robert Adam

Scottish architect

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius

German-American architect

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Austrian architect

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

American architect

Walter Netsch

Walter Netsch

American architect

Nervi

Pier Luigi Nervi

Italian engineer and architect

I.M. Pei

I.M. Pei

American architect

H.H. Richardson

American architect

Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel

French architect

Toyo Ito

Toyo Ito

Japanese architect

Peter Eisenman

Peter Eisenman

American architect

Bacchus

Jacopo Sansovino

Italian sculptor

Helmut Jahn: Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

Helmut Jahn

German-American architect

Rudolph, Paul: Orange County Government Center

Paul Rudolph

American architect

Museum of Modern Art

Yoshio Taniguchi

Japanese architect

Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie

Israeli-Canadian-American architect

Philip Johnson: AT&T Building

Philip Johnson

American architect

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Florence Baptistery of Saint John, Italy

9 Historic Buildings in Florence