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Jose Benito de Churriguera

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Name
  
Jose de

Structures
  
New Cathedral, Salamanca

Role
  
Architect

Siblings
  
Alberto de Churriguera

Jose Benito de Churriguera Today in Social Sciences Altarpiece of San Esteban
Died
  
March 2, 1725, Madrid, Spain

Similar People
  
Alberto de Churriguera, Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon, Juan de Alava

Jose Benito de Churriguera (March 21, 1665 – March 2, 1725) 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, Josep Simo Xoriguera i Elies and to dona Maria de Ocana, and studied under his father along with two of his brothers.

Jose Benito de Churriguera Medieval

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. In Spain, the artistry appears to have been influenced by the highly decorated styles of Moorish architecture. He and his two brothers Joaquin (1674–1724) and Alberto (1676–1750) were recognized as the leading architects of their time.

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Works

His works include or are found in the following:

  • The altarpiece in the church for Convent of San Esteban in Salamanca
  • The 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 Baztan, near Alcala 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.

    • References

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