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François Mansart

1598 - 1666

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François Mansart (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa mɑ̃saʁ]; 23 January 1598 – 23 September 1666) was a French architect credited with introducing classicism into the Baroque architecture of France. The Encyclopædia Britannica identifies him as the most accomplished of 17th-century French architects whose works "are renowned for their high degree of refinement, subtlety, and elegance". Mansart, as he is generally known, popularized the mansard roof, a four-sided, double slope gambrel roof punctuated with windows on the steeper lower slope, which created additional habitable space in the garrets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Mansart is the 70th most popular architect (down from 57th in 2019), the 915th most popular biography from France (down from 750th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Architect.

François Mansart is most famous for being the architect of the Château de Versailles.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, François Mansart ranks 70 out of 518. Before him are Capability Brown, Ferdinand Cheval, Peter Zumthor, Bruno Taut, Michelozzo, and Josef Hoffmann. After him are Mario Botta, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Guarino Guarini, Charles Garnier, and Albert Speer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, François Mansart ranks 4. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Bonaventura Cavalieri. After him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Eleonora Gonzaga, Maarten Tromp, Johann Crüger, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Michael van Langren, and Daniele Crespi. Among people deceased in 1666, François Mansart ranks 6. Before him are Anne of Austria, Frans Hals, Shah Jahan, Abbas II of Persia, and Guercino. After him are Luisa de Guzmán, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Song Yingxing, and Senhime.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Mansart ranks 915 out of 6,770. Before him are Alix of France (1151), Célestin Freinet (1896), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Georges Couthon (1755), Eleanor of Provence (1223), and Martin Schongauer (1450). After him are Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Juliette Gréco (1927), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Martin Bucer (1491), and Victor of Aveyron (1793).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, François Mansart ranks 7. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), André Le Nôtre (1613), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), Jean Nouvel (1945), Louis Le Vau (1612), and Ferdinand Cheval (1836). After him are Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Hector Guimard (1867), and Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736).

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