Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini (, ), byname of Francesco Castelli (; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of Antiquity, Borromini developed an inventive and distinctive, if somewhat idiosyncratic, architecture employing manipulations of Classical architectural forms, geometrical rationales in his plans and symbolic meanings in his buildings. He seems to have had a sound understanding of structures, which perhaps Bernini and Cortona, who were principally trained in other areas of the visual arts, lacked. His soft lead drawings are particularly distinctive. He appears to have been a self-taught scholar, amassing a large library by the end of his life.
His career was constrained by his personality. Unlike Bernini who easily adopted the mantle of the charming courtier in his pursuit of important commissions, Borromini was both melancholic and quick in temper which resulted in his withdrawing from certain jobs. His conflicted character led him to a death by suicide in 1667.
Probably because his work was idiosyncratic, his subsequent influence was not widespread but is apparent in the Piedmontese works of Guarino Guarini and, as a fusion with the architectural modes of Bernini and Cortona, in the late Baroque architecture of Northern Europe. Later critics of the Baroque, such as Francesco Milizia and the English architect Sir John Soane, were particularly critical of Borromini's work. From the late nineteenth century onwards, interest has revived in the works of Borromini and his architecture has become appreciated for its inventiveness. Provided by Wikipedia
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Evaluation of Unsaturated Soil Properties for a Debris-Flow Simulation by Francesco Castelli, Valentina Lentini, Alessandra Di Venti
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Design of a Biaxial Laminar Shear Box for 1g Shaking Table Tests by Francesco Castelli, Salvatore Grasso, Valentina Lentini, Maria Stella Vanessa Sammito
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Human Orf with Immune-Mediated Reactions: A Systematic Review by Luca Rossi, Giorgio Tiecco, Marina Venturini, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan
Published 2023-04-01
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Design of a Rotary Transformer for Installations on Large Shafts by Nicola Toscani, Massimo Brunetti, Maria Stefania Carmeli, Francesco Castelli Dezza, Marco Mauri
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