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Fra Diavolo Fra Diavolo
Fra Diavolo [Ital.,=friar devil], 1771-1806, Italian bandit and soldier, whose real name was Michele Pezza. He entered the service of the king of Naples in 1798 and with Cardinal Ruffo resisted the French invasion (1799) of the kingdom. He was captured (1806) and hanged by the French. The plot of... Read more
Lippi Lippi
Lippi , name of two celebrated Italian painters of the 15th cent., Fra Filippo Lippi and his son, Filippino Lippi. Fra Filippo Lippi Fra Filippo Lippi, c.1406-1469, called Lippo Lippi, was one of the foremost Florentine painters of the early Renaissance. One of the best colorists and... Read more
Fra Giovanni Giocondo 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
Fra Bartolommeo della Porta Fra Bartolommeo della Porta
Bartolommeo, Fra ( Baccio della Porta) (b Florence, 28 Mar. 1472; d Florence, 31 Oct. 1517). Florentine painter, a leading figure of the High Renaissance. He trained under Cosimo Rosselli and in about 1494 set up a joint workshop with Mariotto Albertinelli, who had been his fellow pupil. Little... Read more
Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino
Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino , 1475-1517, Italian painter, also called Baccio della Porta. Under the influence of Savonarola, he joined (1500) the Dominican order. He abandoned art for a while, but resumed practice in 1504, becoming the leading Florentine master for a number of years. He... Read more
Filippo Lippi Filippo Lippi
Fra Filippo Lippi The Italian painter Fra Filippo Lippi (ca. 1406-1469) was an important link between the early and late 15th-century Florentine painters. Filippo Lippi was born in Florence. He took his vows in 1421 in the monastery S. Maria del Carmine, where Masaccio frescoed the Brancacci... Read more
Fra Angelico Fra Angelico
Fra Angelico , c.1400-1455, Florentine painter, b. Vicchio, Tuscany. He was variously named Guido (his baptismal name), or Guidolino, di Pietro; and Giovanni da Fiesole. After his death he was called Il Beato Fra Giovanni Angelico, although he was not officially beatified until 1982, by Pope John... Read more
Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber , 1782-1871, French operatic composer. His greatest successes resulted from his collaboration with the librettist Scribe. Their first success together was Le Maçon (1825), and among the long succession that followed were Fra Diavolo (1830), Le Domino... Read more
Cosimo Rosselli Cosimo Rosselli
Cosimo Rosselli , 1439-1507, Florentine painter. He was one of the artists summoned to Rome by Sixtus IV to assist in decorating the Sistine Chapel . He painted The Last Supper and other subjects for it. Of his many works in Florence the most famous is The Miracle-working Chalice in Sant'... Read more
lay figure lay figure
lay figure. A doll-like model of the human figure, jointed so that it can be given all kinds of poses. It may be anything from a few inches in height to life-size (an example about half life-size that belonged to the sculptor Roubiliac is in the Museum of London). Articulated dolls and marionettes... Read more

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