José Benito de Churriguera
Spanish architect
Died when: 59 years 346 days (719 months)Star Sign: Aries
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.
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