Cordini (da Sangallo, named Il Gobbo), Giovanni Battista (1496 - 1548)

 
teacher, student, inventor, designer, founder

Giovanni Battista Cordini (da Sangallo) named “The hunchback”. He was an Italian architect. He the younger brother of the more famous Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. Beyond operating as architect, he never did stop to study buiulding and lifting machines.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, architect, designer, inventor, Rome, Renaissance.
   
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Cordini (da Sangallo, named Il Gobbo), Giovanni Battista
   
Curriculum vitae  
* 1496 Firenze born
1507 - 1512 He works on Tomba Medici’s design in Montecassino abbey
1510 - 1513 He moved from Florence to Rome
1521 - 1524 Roma He works in the new Basilica of St. Peter in Rome
1530 - 1535 He works with his brother at Vitruvius illustrated edition
1537 He works with his brother at Rome’s fortifications
† 21.12.1548 Roma died
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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780
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