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Who was one of the most inventive and influential architects
of the Renaissance whose lasting contribution
comes from his two famous texts on architecture?

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   Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
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Answer: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola as one of the most inventive and influential architects of the Renaissance. Vignola's lasting contribution, however, comes from his two famous texts on architecture. One of them, The Five Orders of Architecture (1562), is a practical manual on the decoration of classical columns. The other, Two Rules of Practical Perspective, remains the most authoritative summary of perspective theory of the 1500s.

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Aerogramme - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
5th Centenary of His Birth
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