(Encyclopedia) Masolino da PanicaleMasolino da Panicalemäzōlēˈnō dä pänēkäˈlā [key], 1383–c.1447, Florentine painter of the early Renaissance, whose real name was Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini. His…
(Encyclopedia) Palma, JacopoPalma, Jacopoyäˈkōpō pälˈmä [key], c.1480–1528, Venetian painter, called Palma Vecchio. He formed his style under the influence of Giovanni Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione…
(Encyclopedia) Bramante, DonatoBramante, Donatodōnäˈtō brämänˈtā [key], 1444–1514, Italian Renaissance architect and painter, b. near Urbino. His buildings in Rome are considered the most…
(Encyclopedia) LippiLippilēpˈpē [key], name of two celebrated Italian painters of the 15th cent., Fra Filippo Lippi and his son, Filippino Lippi.
Filippino Lippi,Filippino Lippi, c.1457–1504, son…
(Encyclopedia) Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, Rus. Sankt-Peterburg, city (1990 est. pop. 5,036,000), capital of the Leningrad region (although not administratively part of it) and the…
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(Encyclopedia) Alfonso II, 1152–96, king of Aragón (1162–96) and, as Raymond Berengar V, count of Barcelona (1162–96); son and successor of Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragón.…
(Encyclopedia) Falconet, Étienne MauriceFalconet, Étienne Mauriceātyĕnˈ môrēsˈ fälkōnāˈ [key], 1716–91, French sculptor; pupil of Lemoyne. Under Louis XV he became director of sculpture at the Sèvres…
(Encyclopedia) Apianus, PetrusApianus, Petruspēˈtrəs āpēāˈnəs [key], Latinized from Peter Bienewitz or BennewitzBennewitzpāˈtər bēˈnəvĭts, bĕnˈəvĭts [key], 1495–1552, German cosmographer and…