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Pisano, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Pisano, Andrea ändrĕˈä pēzäˈnō [key], c.1290–c.1348, Italian sculptor, also called Andrea da Pontedera. His most important work, the first bronze doors of the baptistery in Florence, was beg...Cesalpino, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Cesalpino, Andrea: see Caesalpinus, Andreas. ...Sacchi, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Sacchi, Andrea ändrĕˈä säkˈkē [key], 1599–1661, Italian baroque painter, b. Rome. He studied in Rome and in Bologna under Francesco Albani. His masterpiece, an allegory of Divine Wisdom (c.16...Briosco, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Briosco, Andrea ändrĕˈä brēôsˈkō [key], 1470?–1532, Italian architect and sculptor, known also as Andrea Riccio [curly-headed], b. Padua. As an architect, he created models for the church of...Sansovino, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Sansovino, Andrea ändrĕˈä sänsōvēˈnō [key], c.1460–1529, Florentine sculptor and architect of the High Renaissance, b. Monte Sansavino. His real name was Andrea Contucci. He trained under A...Riccio, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Riccio, Andrea: see Briosco, Andrea. ...Cione, Andrea di
(Encyclopedia)Cione, Andrea di: see Orcagna.Andrea del Sarto
(Encyclopedia)Andrea del Sarto: see Sarto, Andrea del. ...Ghez, Andrea Mia
(Encyclopedia)Ghez, Andrea Mia, 1965–, American astrophysicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1992. She has been on the faculty at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, since 1994. G...Castagno, Andrea del
(Encyclopedia)Castagno, Andrea del ändrĕˈä dĕl kästäˈnyō [key], c.1423–1457, major Florentine painter of the early Renaissance. His first recorded painting (1440; now destroyed), effigies of hanged men, ...Browse by Subject
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