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Ugolino della Gherardesca

(Encyclopedia)Ugolino della Gherardesca o͞ogōlēˈnō dĕlˈlä gārärdāˈskä [key], d. 1289, Italian nobleman. A leader of the Guelph, or pro-papal, faction in predominantly Ghibelline (pro-imperial) Pisa, he...

Quercia, Jacopo della

(Encyclopedia)Quercia, Jacopo della yäˈkōpō dĕlˈlä kwĕrˈchä [key], c.1374–1438, Italian sculptor. His work shows the transition from medieval to Renaissance art. He is especially noted for his imposing ...

Montefeltro

(Encyclopedia)Montefeltro mōntāfĕlˈtrō [key], Italian noble family. Its members were noted patrons of art and traditionally opposed the papacy in the struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines. The county of Mon...

Casa, Giovanni della

(Encyclopedia)Casa, Giovanni della jōvänˈnē dĕlˈlä käˈzä [key], 1503–56, Italian cleric and poet. He was archbishop of Benevento and papal nuncio to Venice. He wrote lyric verse, a life of Bembo, and a ...

Della Bella, Stefano

(Encyclopedia)Della Bella, Stefano: see Bella. ...

Della Casa, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Della Casa, Giovanni: see Casa.

Scala, Can Francesco della

(Encyclopedia)Scala, Can Francesco della käng gränˈdā [key], 1291–1329, lord of Verona, the greatest member of the pro-imperial, or Ghibelline, family that ruled Verona from 1277 to 1387 (see Guelphs and Ghib...

Accademia della Crusca

(Encyclopedia)Accademia della Crusca äk-kädĕˈmēä dĕlˈlä kro͞osˈkä [key] [Ital.,=academy of the chaff], Italian literary society founded in Florence in 1582 to maintain the purity of the language. Leonar...

Mirandola, Giovanni Pico della

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

Can Grande della Scala

(Encyclopedia)Can Grande della Scala: see Scala, Can Francesco della. ...