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Born September 6, 1805 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died December 18, 1852 (aged 47) • Somerville • Massachusetts
Movement / Style Neoclassical art
Subjects Of Study Functionalism • ornament • architecture

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American sculptor and architect
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American architect and sculptor
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Le Corbusier
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Italian artist
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Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
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Jacopo Sansovino
Italian sculptor
Andrea Orcagna
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Jerónimo de Balbás
Spanish architect and sculptor
“Doris,” detail from the “Fountain of Neptune,” executed from Bartolommeo Ammannati's model by Andrea Calamech, 1563–75; in Piazza della Signoria, Florence
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