José Benito de Churriguera
José Benito de Churriguera (21 March 1665, in Madrid – 2 March 1725, in Madrid) was a Spanish architect, sculptor and urbanist of the late-Baroque or Rococo style. He was born in Madrid to a Catalan cabinetmaker, gilder and altarpiece joiner, and to doña , and studied under his father along with two of his brothers.
His excessively decorated style, which can be described as an obsessively over-wrought horror vacui on any surface or facade, led to the adjective churrigueresque. He and his two brothers (1674–1724) and (1676–1750) were recognized as the leading architects of their time.[1]
Works[]
His works include or are found in the following:
- The altarpiece in the church for Convent of San Esteban in Salamanca
- In the New Cathedral of Salamanca.
- The church of Saint Sebastian in Madrid
- The church of San Cayetano in Madrid.
- The church of Saint Thomas in Madrid.
- The Goyeneche Palace in Madrid.
- The Goyeneche Palace, church and garden in the factory town of Nuevo Baztán, near Alcalá de Henares.
- The chapel of the Sacristy (Sagrario) in the Cathedral of Segovia.
- The altarpiece of the Transit of the Virgin in the cathedral in Palencia.
External links[]
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- Scholarly articles in English about José Benito de Churriguera to both in web and PDF @ the Spanish Old Masters Gallery
References[]
- ^ "Arquitectos de Madrid: José Benito de Churriguera". Comunidad de Madrid. August 7, 2018.
- , Historia de la Arquitectura Española, Ed. Juventud S.A., 1970, ISBN 978-84-261-0969-9
Categories:
- 17th-century Spanish architects
- Spanish Baroque architects
- 1665 births
- 1725 deaths
- Rococo architects