François Mansart
François Mansart (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa mɑ̃saʁ]; 23 January 1598 – 23 September 1666) was a French architect credited with introducing classicism into Baroque architecture of France. The Encyclopædia Britannica cites him as the most accomplished of 17th-century French architects whose works "are renowned for their high degree of refinement, subtlety, and elegance".
François Mansart | |
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François Mansart, detail of a double portrait of Mansart and Claude Perrault, by Philippe de Champaigne | |
| Born | 23 January 1598 Paris |
| Died | 23 September 1666 (aged 68) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | studio of Salomon de Brosse |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Château de Balleroy, Temple du Marais, Château de Maisons, Church of the Val-de-Grâce |
| Projects | Château de Blois |
| Design | plans to redesign the Louvre and the royal mausoleum at Saint-Denis |
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.
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