Baldassarre Lanci
✓ Source-basedfallingItalian architect and engineer (1510-1571)
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Baldassarre Lanci (1510-1571) was an Italian architect, inventor, theatrical set designer, and master of perspective of the Renaissance period. Born in Urbino, he spent most of his working life in Tuscany.
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A plan of Lanci's new city at Terra del Sole. Its geometric layout was to prove an early example of modern town planning, later popularised during the Baroque period
Drawing by Lanzi of a perspective view of Florence (Palazzo Vecchio and Brunelleschi's dome of Santa Maria del Fiore) The precise perspective was obtained using the surveying equipment he invented himself. The image itself suggests Lanci's secondary career as a set designer.Architects from Italy 6
About this person
Country
ItalyCategory
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1510 to 1571 · aged 61
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