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François Mansart

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Also known as Jacques François Mansart, Francois Mansart, Francois Mansard, François Mansard, François Nicolas Mansart

French architect (1598-1666)

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Born
1598
Died
1666
Works
6

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  • Bibliothecae Petaviana et Mansartiana, ou Catalogue des bibliotheques de feu messieurs Alexandre Petau ... et Francois Mansart ...
  • Monographie de la Galerie de L'Hôtel de la Vrillière puis de Toulouse
  • Monographie du Château de Maisons (Seine-et-Oise)
  • François Mansart
  • François Mansart, 1598 - 1666

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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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Instance of
human
Given name
François
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Paris
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
architect
Languages spoken
French
Field of work
architecture
Image
Francois Mansart.jpg
Work location
Paris
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François Mansart
date of birth
1598-01-23
date of death
1666-09-23
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name in native language
François Mansart
has works in the collection
Nationalmuseum
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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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