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(Encyclopedia) Pisano, NicolaPisano, Nicolanēkôˈlä [key]Pisano, Nicola pēzäˈnō [key], b. c.1220, d. between 1278 and 1287, major Italian sculptor, believed to have come from Apulia. He founded a new…
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