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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
The Italian architect, sculptor, painter and poet Michelangelo Buonarroti is one of the key figures in the history of art. He began his professional training under Domenico Ghirlandaio in 1488. From 1519 to 1534 he was commissioned to work on the family tombs of the Medicis, while other major works resulted from his supervision of the Capitol in Rome. The climax of his architectural career was the Dome of Saint Peter’s in the Vatican, created at the same time as his masterpiece of painting in the Sistine Chapel, commissioned by his most im...
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GUSTAVE ALEXANDRE EIFFEL
Gustave Eiffel (Dijon, 1832 - Paris 1923), famous engineer, impresario, and builder. He was known above all for the tower in Paris that bears his mane and from the youth showed great inclination toward the study of the sciences as well as a through interest in succeeding in the society of his time. As untiring worker, Eiffel founded his own construction form in 1865, at a time when France was industrializing. His contact with the engineer Charles Nepveu was crucial at the begging of Eiffel’s career, as would be later his own capacity for ...
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CHARLES GARNIER
Charles Garnier (Paris 1825-1898), is outstanding for use he made of eclecticism during the Second Empire Period. By way of this, he would create neo-classical, Renaissance and baroque forms. He culmination of his work is the Paris Orera, which is of great relevance for the architecture of the nineteenth century and one that has marked the evolution of the discipline. At the same time, Garnier is the author of a wide array of projects such as, mausoleums, public recreational spaces, private establishments, and buildings raised in his retir...
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