Antonio Federighi practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Antonio Federighi as Italian architect (1420-1483).
Antonio Federighi was born at Siena in 1420. His recorded nationality is Italy.
The Renaissance made the architect an individual with a signature, a theory and a reputation, working from drawings rather than on site.
He is recorded as sculptor and architect.
His best-known building is Cathedral. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
That the work was built in Italy shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Antonio Federighi died in 1483, aged 63. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Cathedral
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