Domenico da Cortona is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Domenico da Cortona as architect.
Domenico da Cortona was born at Cortona in 1470. His recorded nationality is France.
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 architect, engineer and model maker.
His best-known building is Hôtel de Ville, Paris. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
That the work was built in France shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Domenico da Cortona died in 1549, aged 79. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Hôtel de Ville, Paris
