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Sansovino, Andrea
Sansovino, Andrea (b Monte San Savino, nr. Arezzo, c.1467/70; d Monte San Savino, Mar./Apr. 1529). Italian sculptor and architect, named after his birthplace. He called himself a Florentine, but although much of his sculpture is in Florence, his fame rests on what he did elsewhere, notably in Rome. His major works there include the companion tombs of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza and Cardinal Girolamo Basso della Rovere (1505–9, S. Maria del Popolo) and the group of the Virgin and Child with St Anne (1512, S. Agostino), which displays classical dignity and grace combined with human tenderness. Sansovino spent much of the period 1513–27 in Loreto in charge of the sculpture (and for part of the time the architecture also) of the Shrine of the Holy House, originally designed by Bramante. In the 1490s he twice visited Portugal, but no work that is certainly by him survives there. Jacopo Sansovino was his main pupil.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Sansovino, Andrea." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Sansovino, Andrea." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-SansovinoAndrea.html IAN CHILVERS. "Sansovino, Andrea." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-SansovinoAndrea.html |
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Sansovino, Andrea
Sansovino, Andrea (c.1467/70–1529). Italian sculptor and architect, named after his birthplace at Monte San Savino, near Arezzo. He called himself a Florentine, but although much of his sculpture is in Florence, his fame rests on what he did elsewhere, notably in Rome. His major works there include the companion tombs of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza and Cardinal Girolamo Basso della Rovere (1505–9, S. Maria del Popolo) and the group of the Virgin and Child with St Anne (1512, S. Agostino), which display classical dignity and grace combined with human tenderness. Sansovino spent much of the period 1513–27 in Loreto in charge of the sculpture (and for part of the time the architecture also) of the shrine of the Holy House, originally designed by Bramante. In the 1490s he twice visited Portugal, but no work that is certainly by him survives there. Jacopo Sansovino was Andrea's main pupil.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Sansovino, Andrea." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Sansovino, Andrea." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-SansovinoAndrea.html IAN CHILVERS. "Sansovino, Andrea." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-SansovinoAndrea.html |
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Andrea Sansovino
Andrea Sansovino , c.1460–1529, Florentine sculptor and architect of the High Renaissance, b. Monte Sansavino. His real name was Andrea Contucci. He trained under Antonio Pollaiuolo and worked in Florence, Rome, and Loreto. His tombs of Cardinals Sforza and Basso in Rome and his statues and reliefs for church decoration, such as the graceful Virgin and Child with St. Anne (1512) at San Agostino, were greatly admired. |
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"Andrea Sansovino." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Andrea Sansovino." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SansovinA.html "Andrea Sansovino." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SansovinA.html |
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