Chimenti Camicia

Chimenti Camicia was an Italian renaissance architect who was born in Florence in 1431. He had his own workshop by 1464. In 1479 he went to work for King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary for whom Camicia designed palaces, gardens, fountains, churches, and fortifications. He also supervised the rebuilding of Buda Castle.

References

Giorgio Vasari, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori, many editions and translations.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.