|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
pack
... Read more |
|
packing
... 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... Read more |
|
Pitti Palace
Pitti Palace (Palazzo Pitti), Florence. Art gallery, originally built as a palace for Luca Pitti, a wealthy rival of the Medici. Construction work began in about 1457, so the traditional attribution of its design to Brunelleschi (who died in 1446) is unlikely; it has also been attributed to... Read more |
|
Fontana
FONTANA Italian fashion house Founded:in Rome, 1944, by sisters Zoë (1911-78), Micol (born 1913), and Giovanna (born 1915) Fontana. Company History:Sisters began working in their mother's tailoring business; Zoë and Micol worked in Milan, early 1930s; Zoë moved... Read more |
|
|
Leone Battista Alberti
Leone Battista Alberti 1404-72, Italian architect, musician, painter, and humanist, active at the papal court, Florence, Rimini, and Mantua. Alberti was the first architect to argue for the correct use of the classical orders during the Renaissance. His ecclesiastical works include the exteriors of... Read more |
|
|
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Domenico Ghirlandaio , 1449-94, Florentine painter, whose family name was Bigordi. He may have studied painting and mosaics under Alesso Baldovinetti. Ghirlandaio was an excellent technician. Keenly observant of the contemporary scene, he depicted many prominent Florentine personalities within his... Read more |
|
Giovanni Bologna
Giovanni Bologna or Giambologna , 1524-1608, Flemish sculptor, whose real name was Jean Bologne or Boulogne. Though born in Douai, France, he trained in Flanders. He is identified chiefly with the Italian Renaissance as one of its greatest sculptors. He lived briefly in Rome before moving to... Read more |
|
Art Shell
Art Shell 1946–Football coach When Art Shell was named head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders in 1989, he became the first African-American head coach in modern National Football League (NFL) history. A former star offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders, and part of two Super Bowl championship... Read more |
|
mannerism
mannerism a style in art and architecture (c.1520-1600), originating in Italy as a reaction against the equilibrium of form and proportions characteristic of the High Renaissance. In Florence, Pontormo and Bronzino, and in Rome, Il Rosso, Parmigianino, and Beccafumi created elegant figures... Read more |
No reference documents or articles match the search term Dave's place ; Florence, packed with art and palazzos, is moving into the
Suggestions: