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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi , 1720-78, Italian etcher and architect. The greater part of his life was spent in Rome, where he made etchings of the buildings and monuments of the ancient and modern city. His architectural plates are notable for their accuracy and grandeur, although in his admiration... Read more
Thomas Banks Thomas Banks
Thomas Banks 1735-1805, English neoclassical sculptor, studied at the Royal Academy. A traveling scholarship enabled him to study in Rome from 1772 to 1779. In 1781 he went to Russia, where Catherine II bought his Cupid Catching a Butterfly and commissioned his Armed Neutrality. On his return... Read more
Fort Stanwix Fort Stanwix
Fort Stanwix colonial outpost on the site of Rome, N.Y., controlling a principal route from the Hudson River to Lake Ontario. Originally a French trading center, it was rebuilt by the English general John Stanwix in 1758. The British colonial leader Sir William Johnson signed an important treaty... Read more
Christian Daniel Rauch Christian Daniel Rauch
Christian Daniel Rauch , 1777-1857, German sculptor. After studying in Rome (1804-11 and again later), where his work was influenced by Thorvaldsen , he achieved a reputation as an outstanding sculptor of tombs, monuments, and portraits. His major works include monuments to Queen Louise, Emperor... Read more
Canyon de Chelly National Monument Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument [De Chelly, Sp. corruption of Navajo Tsegi = rock canyon], 83,840 acres (33,955 hectares), NE Ariz.; est. 1931. The area contains the ruins of several hundred prehistoric Native American villages, most of them built AD 350-1300. The spectacular cliff dwellings... Read more
Arnolfo di Cambio 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
Mino da Fiesole Mino da Fiesole
Mino da Fiesole or Mino di Giovanni , 1429-84, Florentine sculptor of the early Renaissance. He produced many tombs and sculptures for churches. Among the best are the altar in the cathedral at Fiesole, the monument to Count Hugo in the Badia of Florence, and the tombs of Bishop Salutati,... Read more

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