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Francesco di Giorgio Martini

1439 - 1502

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Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501) was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer. As a painter, he belonged to the Sienese School. He was considered a visionary architectural theorist—in Nikolaus Pevsner's terms: "one of the most interesting later Quattrocento architects". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco di Giorgio Martini has received more than 109,244 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Francesco di Giorgio Martini is the 111th most popular architect (down from 103rd in 2019), the 1,210th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,096th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Architect.

Francesco di Giorgio Martini is most famous for his work on perspective. He wrote a book called Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, which focused on the use of perspective in painting.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 111 out of 424Before him are César Pelli, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Lúcio Costa, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Hannes Meyer. After him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, Aino Aalto, Eero Saarinen, Hans Hollein, and Leo von Klenze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1439, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 4Before him are Pope Pius III, Cosimo Rosselli, and Joan of Portugal. After him is Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1502, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 2Before him is Arthur, Prince of Wales. After him are Andreas Palaiologos, Ahuitzotl, Francesco Laurana, Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Francisco de Bobadilla, and Dionisius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 1,210 out of 4,668Before him are Romano Mussolini (1927), Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921), Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391), and Francesco Morosini (1619). After him are Ferdinando Carulli (1770), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Melozzo da Forlì (1438), Ivanoe Bonomi (1873), Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835), and Frank Lentini (1889).

Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 21Before him are Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Guarino Guarini (1624), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), and Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511). After him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Filarete (1400), Baldassare Longhena (1596), Antonio Sant'Elia (1888), Carlo Scarpa (1906), and Lina Bo Bardi (1914).