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	Michelangelo Buonarroti Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1475-1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, b. Caprese, Tuscany. Early Life and Work Michelangelo drew extensively as a child, and his father placed him under the tutelage of Ghirlandaio , a respected artist of the day. After one unproductive year,... Read more
	Guglielmo della Porta Guglielmo della Porta , d. 1577, Italian sculptor. His early works are in Genoa. In 1546 he went to Rome, where he was employed by Pope Paul III in restoring certain antique statues. His principal work, the tomb of Paul III, shows the influence of Michelangelo.... Read more
	Domenico Beccafumi Beccafumi, Domenico (b nr. Siena, c.1485; d Siena, Jan./May 1551). Sienese painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is now generally considered the outstanding Sienese Mannerist artist, although Sodoma was more highly esteemed by his contemporaries. According to Vasari, he visited Rome early in his... Read more
	forgery forgery in art, the false claim to authenticity for a work of art. The Nature of Forgery Because the provenance of works of art is seldom clear and because their origin is often judged by means of subtle factors, art forgery has always been commonplace. The sorts of deception involved include the... Read more
	Giacomo della Porta Giacomo della Porta , c.1540-1602, Italian architect and sculptor. After working with Vignola and Michelangelo, he completed several important works designed or begun by them, above all the cupola of St. Peter's, as well as the Farnese Palace, and the facade of Il Gesù, Rome. His other works... Read more
	eclecticism eclectic eclectic, eclecticism. Terms in criticism for a person or style that conflates features borrowed from various sources. Such a style often arises from the overt or tacit doctrine that the excellences of great masters can be selected and combined in one work of art. After Vasari had praised Raphael... Read more
	Giacomo del Duca Duca, Giacomo del (b Cefalù, c.1520; d Cefalù, 9 July 1604). Sicilian architect and sculptor, active mainly in Rome, where he was one of Michelangelo's main assistants from the 1540s to the master's death in 1564. His tomb of Elena Savelli in S. Giovanni in Laterano (c.1570) is an... Read more
	drawing drawing art of the draftsman. In its broadest sense it includes every use of the delineated line and is thus basic to the arts of painting, architecture, sculpture, calligraphy, and geometry. The word drawing is commonly used to denote works in pen, pencil, crayon, chalk, charcoal, or similar... Read more
	Sistine Chapel Sistine Chapel [for Sixtus IV ], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican. Built (1473) under Pope Sixtus IV, it is famous for its decorations. By far the best-known achievements in the chapel are the work of Michelangelo . Across the ceiling he painted... Read more