Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507 to 1573), often called simply Vignola, was an Italian architect of the Mannerist period and probably the most important architect in Rome of his generation. Born at Vignola near Modena, he trained in Bologna, worked in France at Fontainebleau in the early 1540s, and settled in Rome, where he served Pope Julius III and the Farnese family and worked with Michelangelo, who deeply influenced his style. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuit church of the Gesu in Rome, whose facade became a model for Baroque churches. His treatise on the five orders of architecture, first published in 1562, became the most reprinted architectural book in history.
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Practice Type Best-Known BuildingsChurch of the Gesù, Rome 1 Best-Known BuildingsVilla Farnese, Caprarola 1 Connections
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was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism
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1 October 1507-7 July 1573
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1 October 1507-7 July 1573
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was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism
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His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome.
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His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome.
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was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism
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was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism
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worked with Michelangelo, who deeply influenced his style
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His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome.
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His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome.
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