 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Bob the original builder; Sir John Soane's Museum celebrates the groundbreaking work of Robert Adam, Britain's first celebrity architect,.
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Byline: JANE BARRY
ROBERT Adam was Britain's first celebrity architect. Like Norman Foster and Richard Rogers now, Adam and his rival, Sir William Chambers, were the two hottest names in the reign of George III. They were the founders of neoclassicism, much sought after by the wealthy and fashionable.
But while Chambers's approach was rigidly academic, Adam was a dazzling innovator. With his younger brother, James, he originated the playful style of interior decoration - festoons, ribbons, delicate pilasters - for which he is best known today.
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Francesco di Simone Ferrucci: Itinerari di uno scultore fiorentino fra Toscana, Romagna e Montefeltro.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...Ferrucci, who was born in Fiesole in 1437 and died in Florence...Andrea del Verrocchio, and Mino da Fiesole, among others--are...decorations in the Badia di Fiesole (1463) show especially the influence of Desiderio da Settignano and form the...
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The Renaissance Pulpit: Art and Preaching in Tuscany, 1400-1550
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...sculptors: Brunelleschi and Buggiano's pulpit for Santa Maria Novella, Benedetto da Maiano's for Santa Croce; Mino da Fiesole,Antonio Rossellino, and Pasquino da Montepulciano's interior pulpit at Santa Stefano in Prato; the exterior pulpit...
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Portrait of the artists
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...attributed to the circle of Desiderio da Settignano. Probably a reliquary...another mesmering picture: Antonello da Messina's 'Portrait of a Man...of Niccolo Strozzi, a sculpture by Mino da Fiesole, makes a challenging and intriguing...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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More than just pretty faces; HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU: Portraits from the exhibition, clockwise from top left, by Hans Memling, Palma Vecchio, Giovanni Francesco Caroto and Martin van Heemskerck.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...as they were in the individual appearance. Certainly, the dauntingly realistic marble bust of Niccolo Strozzi by Mino da Fiesole seems like an indictment of a character; he looks cruel and rather stupid. But more common is a willingness to register...
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