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Giovanni di Pietro

(Encyclopedia)Giovanni di Pietro: see Spagna, Lo. ...

Della Casa, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Della Casa, Giovanni: see Casa.

Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio: see Sodoma, Il. ...

Bononcini, Giovanni Maria

(Encyclopedia)Bononcini, Giovanni Maria: see under Bononcini, family. ...

Giovanni delle Bande Nere

(Encyclopedia)Giovanni delle Bande Nere: see Medici, Giovanni de'. ...

Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della

(Encyclopedia)Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della: see Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Conte. ...

Bologna, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Bologna, Giovanni, or Giambologna jōvänˈnē bōlōˈnyä, jämˌbōlōˈnyä [key], 1524–1608, Flemish sculptor, whose real name was Jean Bologne or Boulogne. Though born in Douai, France, he tra...

Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio de

(Encyclopedia)Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio de jōvänˈnē äntôˈnyō dā pōrdānôˈnā [key], c.1484–1539, Venetian painter. His real name was Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis. He studied in Venice and probably in...

Boccaccio, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Boccaccio, Giovanni jōvänˈnē [key], 1313–75, Italian poet and storyteller, author of the Decameron. Born in Paris, the illegitimate son of a Tuscan merchant and a French woman, he was educated a...

Amato, Giovanni Antonio d'

(Encyclopedia)Amato, Giovanni Antonio d' jōvänˈnē äntôˈnyō dämäˈtō [key], 1475–1555, Neapolitan painter, called Il Vecchio [the elder]. He imitated the style of Perugino. Paintings by him are in many ...