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Whose architecture was Borromini a keen student of?

  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

  • Michelangelo

  • Rem Koolhaas

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The Baroque architect Francesco Borromini was a keen student of Michelangelo. Borromini was deeply impressed by Michelangelo's use of light and shadow, and his interest in complex geometric forms. He also admired Michelangelo's ability to create dramatic and expressive effects in his architecture. Borromini's own architecture is often characterized by its use of light and shadow, and its complex geometric forms.
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