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Luigi Serafini

1949 - Today

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Luigi Serafini (born 4 August 1949 in Rome) is an Italian artist and designer based in Milan. He is best known for creating the Codex Seraphinianus, an illustrated encyclopedia of imaginary things in what was believed to be a constructed language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Serafini has received more than 45,926 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Luigi Serafini is the 69th most popular artist (down from 63rd in 2019), the 3,079th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,969th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Artist.

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  • 1.65

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Luigi Serafini ranks 69 out of 125. Before him are Onfim, Gilbert & George, Gilbert Baker, Gunta Stölzl, Nikolay Shmatko, and Wang Xianzhi. After him are Yoshitomo Nara, Gordon Matta-Clark, Lado Gudiashvili, Mary Blair, Aleksandr Golovin, and Heorhiy Narbut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Luigi Serafini ranks 299. Before him are Hiroji Imamura, Paul Nurse, Habib Essid, Gérard Larcher, Frankie Faison, and Alfred Riedl. After him are Hamadi Jebali, Moto Hagio, Ricardo Zunino, Jim Varney, Zoran Slavnić, and Ivan Buljan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Serafini ranks 3,079 out of 5,161. Before him are Federico Zandomeneghi (1841), Giuseppe Valadier (1762), Anna Rita Del Piano (1966), Gigi Meroni (1943), Nicolò Tron (1399), and Nicola Vicentino (1511). After him are Laura Mancinelli (1933), Matteo Zuppi (1955), Franco Trappoli (1947), William II, Duke of Athens (1312), Claudio Marchisio (1986), and Attilio Ariosti (1666).

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Among ARTISTS In Italy

Among artists born in Italy, Luigi Serafini ranks 3. Before him are Luca Signorelli (1450), and Bruno Munari (1907). After him are James Rivière (1949), Pippa Bacca (1974), Renzo Eusebi (1946), and Vanessa Beecroft (1969).

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