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François Mansart
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French architect (1598-1666)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1598-01-23 ) 23 January 1598, Paris
- Died
- 23 September 1666 (1666-09-23) (aged 68), Paris
- 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 necropolis at Saint-Denis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- François
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Église du Val-de-Grâce
- Student of
- Salomon de Brosse
- Field of work
- architecture
- Movement
- Grand Siècle
- Image
- Francois Mansart.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Commons category
- François Mansart
- date of birth
- 1598-01-23
- date of death
- 1666-09-23
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- François Mansart
- name in native language
- François Mansart
- relative
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart
- student
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart
- has works in the collection
- Nationalmuseum
- different from
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart
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- Phoenicids
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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