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Michele Sanmicheli
Michele Sanmicheli , c.1484-1559, Italian architect and engineer. He was influenced by Bramante's works in Rome, and after 1527 worked primarily in Verona, where his manner changed from a harmonious High Renaissance style toward the more complex and discordant rhythms of mannerist art. Typical of hi... Read more
Benedetto da Majano
Benedetto da Majano , 1442-97. Italian sculptor and architect of the Florentine school. His pulpits, altarpieces, and other church furniture are beautifully executed. Examples of his work are in Santa Croce and the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, and in San Domenico, Siena. He completed the tomb of Mary ... Read more
Fra Giovanni Giocondo
Fra Giovanni Giocondo , c.1435-1515, Italian architect, engineer, and antiquary. A Franciscan friar, he was accomplished in philosophy, archaeology, and classical literature but is best known for his architectural and engineering works. He designed a drainage system for the lagoons of Venice, built ... Read more
Guido of Siena
Guido of Siena , fl. 13th cent., Italian painter. All that is known of him is an inscription on a large and almost completely repainted Virgin and Child Enthroned, formerly in San Domenico at Siena, now in the Palazzo Pubblico, that reads "Guido de Senis" and bears the date 1221. If this datin... Read more
Volterra
Volterra town (1991 pop. 12,879), Tuscany, central Italy. A powerful Etruscan town, it later (12th-13th cent.) was a free commune and passed to Florence in the 14th cent. Of note are well-preserved Etruscan gates and tombs, medieval walls, a Romanesque cathedral, and the Palazzo dei Priori (13th ce... Read more
Foligno
Foligno , city (1991 pop. 53,202), in Umbria, central Italy. It is a commercial and industrial center and a railroad junction. Manufactures include machinery, transport equipment, paper, and textiles. Foligno was under papal control from the mid-15th cent. until 1860. Of note in the city are the Rom... Read more
Pinturicchio
Pinturicchio or Pintoricchio [Ital.,=little painter], c.1454-1513, Umbrian painter whose real name was Bernardino di Betto. A prolific and facile painter, he was influenced by Perugino, with whom he collaborated on the frescoes for the Sistine Chapel. Pinturicchio worked chiefly in Perugia, Rom... Read more
Francesco de' Rossi Salviati
Francesco de' Rossi Salviati , 1510-63, Italian painter. Salviati studied with Andrea Del Sarto and was greatly influenced by Parmigianino and Michelangelo. His elegant portraits (e.g., Portrait of a Gentleman, c.1541; Metropolitan Mus.) were popular, and his reputation spread to France where he w... Read more
Arnolfo di Cambio
Arnolfo di Cambio , b. c.1245, d. before 1310, Italian architect and sculptor. He was Nicola Pisano's chief assistant on the Siena pulpit, but he soon began to work independently on important tomb sculpture. He designed admirable monuments to Cardinal Annibaldi (St. John the Lateran, Rome); Pope Adr... Read more
Lorenzo di Pietro
Lorenzo di Pietro , c.1412-1480, Sienese painter, sculptor, and goldsmith, called Il Vecchietta. He painted a group of frescoes and a relic press in the hospital at Siena; four ceilings in the Baptistery of San Giovanni at Siena; an altarpiece, The Assumption of the Virgin, his masterpiece (cathed... Read more

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Andrea Palladio
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of ancient buildings. The incomplete Palazzo Thiene (commissioned 1542, constructed...to refurbish its Gothic law court, the Palazzo della Ragione. In 1546 Palladio's project...superimposed, arcaded loggias around the Palazzo della Ragione (completed 1617), known...
Michelozzo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Michelozzo (ca. 1396-1472) designed the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, which...Michelozzo's most important building is the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence (1444...he prepared a design for rebuilding the Palazzo dei Rettori there, but the work was carried...
Giovanni Battista Castello
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Genoa, where he worked with Luca Cambiaso on the Palazzo Imperiale. Giovanni's propensity for grotesque decorations is best seen in the Palazzo Pallavicino (now the Palazzo Garega-Cataldi). In 1567 he went to Spain...
Rome, Architecture in
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the work was carried out in phases (Palazzo Nuovo was not even begun until 1603...building in the city include Bramante's Palazzo Caprini (c. 1501 – 1510...architecture. In contrast, the majestic Palazzo Farnese, built over time on designs by...
Luigi Rossi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...theatrical music was presented at the Palazzo Barberini. Operas, complete with star...Rossi began work on his first opera, Il palazzo incantato, with a libretto by Giulio...This was performed several times at the Palazzo Barberini in 1642. Rossi's second and...
Medici Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...retainers. MEDICI MARRIAGES AND PROPERTY The Palazzo Medici (constructed 1444 – 1464...As dukes, the Medici lived first in the Palazzo Vecchio and, as of about 1550, in the Palazzo Pitti. They also owned substantial property...
Francesco Borromini
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...which was exacerbated by difficulties at St. Peter's and the Palazzo Barberini in Rome, where Borromini worked under Bernini from...and his fame grew rapidly. In 1632 he commenced work at the Palazzo Spada. His famous gallery, designed with an illusionistic...
Carracci
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the Carracci school. He was working on the frescoes in the Palazzo del Giardino in Parma when he died on Feb. 23, 1602. Annibale...of baroque classicism. Annibale's masterpiece is in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. He covered the ceiling of the great gallery...
Guarino Guarini
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of the Holy Shroud (Sta Sindone), S. Lorenzo, and the Palazzo Carignano. His reputation is attested to by his designs for...him to be able to celebrate the first Mass said in it. The Palazzo Carignano, begun in 1679, is slightly less daring in its...
Gubbio
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Ottaviano Nelli. The town retains a medieval character. Notable structures include the Gothic Palazzo dei Consoli (14th-15th cent.), the Palazzo Ducale (begun 1476), and a well-preserved Roman theater (1st cent. BC).

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palazzo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture palazzo (pl. palazzi). Italian palace , corresponding to a town-house ( hôtel ), or to a palace in the sense of a large official residence or municipal building. See italianate .
Palazzo Grassi
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Palazzo Grassi, Venice. See HULTEN .
palazzo style
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture palazzo style. See italianate , palatial italian .
Venice, Palazzo Grassi
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Venice, Palazzo Grassi. See HULTEN .
Rossellino, Bernardo di Matteo Ghambarelli
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...and supervised the completion of Alberti 's Palazzo Rucellai, Florence (1448–62), including...consists of the piazza containing the Cathedral, Palazzo Piccolomini, Palazzo Vescovile, and Palazzo del Pretorio, and other...
Sanmicheli, Michele
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...set. The influence of Giulio Romano 's Palazzo del Tè, Mantua, is clear...Bramante, Raphael , and Serlio . The Palazzo Pompei, Verona ( c. 1527–...giving the design greater serenity. At the Palazzo Canossa, Verona (begun c. 1533...
Giulio Romano
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Gianicolo, Rome (1523), and designed the Palazzo Maccarani, Piazza Sant'Eustachio...1519–40). His extraordinary Palazzo del Tè (1525–32...As a result of his success with the Palazzo del Tè, Giulio was ennobled...
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...centre of a space in front of the Palazzo del Senatore on the Capitoline Hill...planned a new façade for the Palazzo dei Conservatori (completed 1584...was set at an angle to that of the Palazzo del Senatore, and, to balance it...
Piermarini, Giuseppe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...the work of other architects. He built the enormous Palazzo Belgioioso (1772–81), followed by other houses, including the Palazzo Greppi (1772–8), the Palazzo Moriggia (1770s), and the Casa Casnedi ( c. 1776...
Sangallo, Giuliano da
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...both in Florence. He designed the Palazzo Gondi (1490–1501), the fa...ade of which is an elaboration on the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, and constructed a model of the Palazzo Strozzi (1489–90), later...

Thesaurus entries related to "Palazzo"

pants
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...flares galligaskins gauchos harem pants hip-huggers hot pants jeans jodhpurs khakis knee pants knickers overalls pajama pants palazzo pants pantalets pantaloons pedal pushers rugby pants shorts ski pants slacks stirrup pants stretch pants sweatpants tin pants...
around
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...close by, close, close at hand, at hand, in the vicinity, at close range. • preposition   1. the palazzo is built around a courtyard synonyms : on all sides of, about, encircling, surrounding, enclosing.   2. they...

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Palazzo Versace brand in worldwide demand
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 7/14/2008; 700+ words ; Palazzo Versace brand in worldwide demand The Palazzo Versace brand has reached new heights in worldwide property...Dubai-based resort is almost completely sold. In addition Palazzo Versace Gold Coast recently received the prestigious award...
The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino Now Hiring.
PR Newswire; 6/25/2007; 700+ words ; ...Sands Corp. announced today that The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, a mega-resort...available jobs. In anticipation of The Palazzo's opening this fall, a new employment...the highly-anticipated opening of The Palazzo, we are delighted to welcome new team...
The Palazzo Las Vegas to Take Luxury to New Heights.
PR Newswire; 11/8/2007; 700+ words ; ...Vegas Sands Corp. has announced that The Palazzo Las Vegas -- the lavish resort under...2008. According to President of The Palazzo Las Vegas Rob Goldstein, the property...contemporary chic on the Las Vegas Strip. The Palazzo will feature modern European ambience...
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Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 1/31/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...substantial apartment in a Florentine palazzo could cost about Pounds 2.6 million...cool Pounds 41.5 million it has bought Palazzo Tornabuoni, a 15th century residence...de' Medici, the future Pope Leo XI - Palazzo Tornabuoni will provide 36 luxurious...
Lisa Palazzo: Palazzo & Co., PLLC.(50 LEADING BUSINESS WOMEN)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 9/28/2009; ; 700+ words ; Lisa Palazzo's personal experiences as an American expatriate living in...as administrator and partner of the Biloxi accounting firm, Palazzo & Co. PLLC. Palazzo's partnership with her husband, firm CEO and Mississippi state...
The Shoppes at The Palazzo to Open January 18, 2008, Barneys New York Set to Make its Las Vegas Debut.
PR Newswire; 11/30/2007; 700+ words ; ...30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Palazzo, a Las Vegas Sands Corp. resort nearing...today announced that The Shoppes at The Palazzo -- the 450,000-square-foot luxury...Barneys New York, The Shoppes at The Palazzo will feature more than 60 lavish boutiques...
World,COs most luxurious resort palazzo Versace Dubai to be unveiled in London.
News Wire article from: Albawaba.com; 6/23/2008; 700+ words ; ...figures Co will host the European launch of Palazzo Versace Dubai. WorldCOs most luxurious resort palazzo Versace Dubai to be unveiled in London home...figures Co will host the European launch of Palazzo Versace Dubai. Palazzo Versace Dubai is...
The Pools at The Palazzo Las Vegas Open With VIP Brunch and Fashion Show Hosted by 'Sex and the City's' Kim Cattrall.
PR Newswire; 5/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...The highly anticipated pools at The Palazzo celebrated its grand opening with VEGAS...from top retailers in The Shoppes at The Palazzo. Fashions from Diane von Furstenberg, Barneys New York, Ralph Lauren, and two Palazzo boutiques La Fortuna and Prosecco incorporated...