SOLÓRZANO, Martín de - b. ~1450 Cantabria, d. ~1506 ? - WGA

SOLÓRZANO, Martín de

(b. ~1450 Cantabria, d. ~1506 ?)

Spanish architect, member of a dynasty of stonemasons in Cantabria, brother of Bartolomé de Solórzano (active 1466-1509). He worked in the so-called Hispano-Flemish style of artists such as Juan Guas or Simón de Colonia, prevalent in Spain in the last decades of the fifteenth and first decade of the sixteenth century.

His completed work is the Church of San Tomás in Ávila. In 1496 he began the Cathedral of Coria.

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The church of San Tom�s in �vila, a Dominican convent, was begun in 1483 at the behest of the Grand Inquisitor of the Catholic Kings. It was financed from confiscated Jewish property. Designed by Mart�n de Sol�rzano (active 1482, died 1506) and constructed of granite, the decoration is restrained. The aesthetic appeal rests on technical and material considerations, which at the same time reflect the austere faith of the patrons.

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