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Francesco Borromini (/ ˌ b ɒr ə ˈ m iː n i /, [1] Italian: [franˈtʃesko borroˈmiːni]), byname of Francesco Castelli (Italian: [kaˈstɛlli]; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), [2] was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino [3] who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque ...
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Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza: Francesco Borromini. Bernini's main rival in Rome was Francesco Borromini, known for breaking away from classical styles. Seen as revolutionary, Borromini rejected the human-centered designs of the 16th century, opting instead for complex geometric shapes.
He bought an adjacent property in 1645 and in 1646 and appointed the architect Francesco Borromini to remodel and refurbish the two. Some of Borromini’s work was lost in the nineteenth century development of Lungotevere, the embankment and road between the Tiber and the buildings which overlook it, but parts remain.
Francesco Borromini buildings (15 P) Donato Bramante buildings (1 C, 6 P) Filippo Brunelleschi buildings (1 C, 2 P) F. Max Fabiani buildings (8 P)
The facade of the oratory (1720 engraving) The turret with a clock, by Borromini. The Oratorio dei Filippini (Oratory of Saint Philip Neri) is a building located in Rome and erected between 1637 and 1650 under the supervision of architect Francesco Borromini - in his distinctive style.
Francesco Borromini offered to complete the commission free of charge in order to start his career as a solo architect. [2] The monastic buildings and the cloister were completed first, after which construction of the church took place during the period 1638–1641; in 1646 it was dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo. Although the idea for the ...
Francesco Borromini's dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638–41) has a novel oval plan that approximates an ellipse using four circular arcs based on the vertices of two large equilateral triangles; a complex geometrical coffer pattern of crosses, octagons, and lozenges is repeated eight times on the dome's inner surface.