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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 116,167 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco di Giorgio Martini is the 113th most popular architect (down from 110th in 2019), the 1,256th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,207th in 2019) and the 20th 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 113 out of 518. Before him are Auguste Perret, Ricardo Bofill, Lúcio Costa, Albert Speer, Hans Hollein, and Philip Johnson. After him are Baldassare Longhena, Eileen Gray, Theophil Hansen, Hemiunu, Carl Gotthard Langhans, and Toyo Ito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1439, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 3. Before him are Pope Pius III, and Cosimo Rosselli. After him are Joan of Portugal, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick, Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, and Elizabeth of Nevers. Among people deceased in 1502, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 3. Before him are Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Andreas Palaiologos. After him are Ahuitzotl, Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Francesco Laurana, Francisco de Bobadilla, Annius of Viterbo, Dionisius, Miguel Corte-Real, and Bartolomeo della Gatta.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 1,256 out of 5,161. Before him are Marco Bellocchio (1939), Francesco Foscari (1373), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Scipione Borghese (1577), Sebastiano Venier (1496), and Andrea Solari (1460). After him are Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Baldassare Longhena (1596), Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (-600), Giuseppe Saragat (1898), Pietro Cavallini (1240), and Marcantonio Raimondi (1480).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Francesco di Giorgio Martini ranks 20. Before him are Richard Rogers (1933), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), and Filarete (1400). After him are Baldassare Longhena (1596), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Filippo Juvarra (1678), Antonio Sant'Elia (1888), and Carlo Scarpa (1906).

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