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Vitruvius (lived 1st century BC)

Roman architect. His ten-volume study of Roman architecture, De architectura, first printed in Rome in 1486, provided an important impetus for the Renaissance. Although often obscure, his writings have had a lasting influence on Western perceptions of classical architecture, mainly through the work of Leon Battista Alberti, and later Raphael Sanzio and Palladio.
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