Architects through history

The atlas holds 9 people and 244 moments here, from 1452 to 1973. The most recorded lives are Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Michelangelo. Across the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance.

Notable people

  1. Hokusai

    from 1760 to 1849

    9 moments here

    Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter, and printmaker. His documented physical-presence chronology is concentrated in…

  2. Le Corbusier

    from 1887 to 1965

    38 moments here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  3. Leonardo da Vinci

    from 1452 to 1519

    27 moments here

    Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

  4. Michelangelo

    from 1475 to 1564

    29 moments here

    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…

  5. Mimar Sinan

    from 1490 to 1588

    13 moments here

    Mimar Sinan was the Ottoman Empire’s chief architect and a military engineer under Süleyman I, Selim II, and Murad III.…

  6. Pablo Picasso

    from 1881 to 1973

    60 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  7. Peter Paul Rubens

    from 1577 to 1640

    25 moments here

    Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

  8. Raphael

    from 1483 to 1520

    14 moments here

    Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and architect.…

  9. Thomas Jefferson

    from 1743 to 1826

    29 moments here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

Moments

  1. 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
  2. 1475 Brought to Florence as an infant Michelangelo
  3. 1499 Workshop at Città di Castello Raphael
  4. 1512 Sent to Constantinople for Janissary training Mimar Sinan
  5. 1577 Reported baptism in Cologne Peter Paul Rubens
  6. 1761 College of William & Mary student Thomas Jefferson
  7. 1812 Journey to Nagoya and manga sketches Hokusai
  8. 1891 Family reaches A Coruña Pablo Picasso
  9. 1907 Florence Charterhouse visit Le Corbusier

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