ID photo: Borromini (anonymous youth portrait; Wikipedia) Born with the name Francesco Castelli, Borromini was a Swiss Italian architect and a prominent figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. Daring, imaginative, licentious, idiosyncratic and extravagant – just some of the words used to describe Borromini’s personality and style. He was influenced by the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of Antiquity. His architecture employs manipulations of Classical architectural forms, geometrical rationales with symbolic meanings behind his buildings. (http://blog.europeana.eu/2012/09/borromini-rivalry-illusion-and-tragedy/) Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli (25 Sep. 1599-2 Aug. 1667); Italian architect born in today's Ticino who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of Antiquity, Borromini developed an inventive and distinctive, if somewhat idiosyncratic, architecture employing manipulations of Classical architectural forms, geometrical rationales in his plans and symbolic meanings in his buildings. He seems to have had a sound understanding of structures, which perhaps Bernini and Cortona, who were principally trained in other areas of the visual arts, lacked. His soft lead drawings are particularly distinctive. He appears to have been a self-taught scholar, amassing a large library by the end of his life. His career was constrained by his personality. Unlike Bernini who easily adopted the mantle of the charming courtier in his pursuit of important commissions, Borromini was both melancholic and quick in temper which resulted in him withdrawing from certain jobs; his death was by suicide. .... In the summer of 1667... Borromini committed suicide in Rome, possibly as a result of nervous disorders and depression.... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Borromini) undefined

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