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Verrazzano, Giovanni da

(Encyclopedia)Verrazzano, Giovanni da jōvänˈnē dä vĕrˌrätsäˈnō; vĕrˌəzäˈnō [key], c.1480–1527?, Italian navigator and explorer, in the service of France, possibly the first European to enter New ...

Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco

(Encyclopedia)Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco fränchāsˈkō grēmälˈdē [key], 1606–80, Italian painter and architect, called Il Bolognese. He was a pupil of the Carracci and of Francesco Albani. With the excep...

Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Boltraffio or Beltraffio, Giovanni Antonio jōvänˈnē äntôˈnyō bōlträfˈfyō, bāl– [key], 1467–1516, Italian painter, b. Milan. He was a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, whose style he adhered...

Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto

(Encyclopedia)Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto kästēlyōˈnā [key], 1610?–1670, Italian painter and engraver of the Genoese school, called Il Grechetto. In his later years Castiglione was court painter at Mant...

Giovanni di Paolo

(Encyclopedia)Giovanni di Paolo jōvänˈnē dē päˈōlō [key], c.1403–1483, major Italian painter of the Sienese school. Typical of the Sienese painters of his era, he paid scant attention to the artistic inn...

Piazzetta, Giovanni Batista

(Encyclopedia)Piazzetta, Giovanni Batista jōvänˈnē bätēsˈtä pēätsĕtˈtä [key], 1682–1754, Italian painter. An exponent of the Venetian school, Piazzetta combined soft colors with a dramatic, chiaroscu...

Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo jōvänˈnē yäˈkōpō käräˈlyō [key], c.1500–1565, Italian engraver and designer, known also as Jacobus Parmensis and Jacobus Veronensis. He was a pupil of Raimondi ...

Bertoldo di Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Bertoldo di Giovanni bārtôlˈdō dē jōvänˈnē [key], c.1420–91, Italian sculptor. A pupil and assistant to Donatello and later the teacher of Michelangelo, Bertoldo was employed by the Medici ...

Goria, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Goria, Giovanni, 1943–94, Italian political leader, premier of Italy (1987–88). A Christian Democrat, he was first elected to parliament in 1976. Goria served as treasury minister (1982–87), bud...

Pannini, Giovanni Paolo

(Encyclopedia)Pannini or Panini, Giovanni Paolo jōvänˈnē päˈōlō pänēnˈnē, pänēˈnē [key], 1691–1765, Italian painter. Pannini abandoned the study of architecture for painting, becoming famed for hi...