Campeche
Campeche , state (1990 pop. 535,185), 21,924 sq mi (56,798 sq km), SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. The city of Campeche is the capital. Comprising most of the western half of the Yucatán peninsula, much of the state lies in hot, humid, and unhealthy lowlands. Rainfall in the southwestern sector is heavy. The state had extensive forests, and logwood ( campeche in Spanish) has been one of the chief exports. Agriculture and stock raising are important in the more arid northeastern sector. Using Campeche as a base, the Spanish explorer Francisco de Montejo led (1531-35) expeditions against the Maya. The coast was a haunt of pirates from the 17th cent. to the 19th cent. The principal ports are Campeche and Carmen, a small town on an island at the entrance to the Laguna de Términos.
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Giottino
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Giottino. See Maso di Banco .
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Italian art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...perfected c.1300, determined the future course of art in Italy. His immediate followers, Taddeo Gaddi, Bernardo Daddi, Giottino, and others spread his teachings and technique. Simultaneously, art flourished in 14th-century Siena, following the example...
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Maso di Banco
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...mention him by name and attributes some of his work to an obscure—possibly fictitious—artist called Giottino: ‘little Giotto’). However, Maso is now regarded as the greatest of Giotto's followers on the strength...
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