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Moretto, Il

(Encyclopedia)Moretto, Il ēl mōrĕtˈtō [key], c.1498–1554, Italian painter, whose real name was Alessandro Bonvicino. He was a leading representative of the Brescian school. While following the art of the Ven...

rejería

(Encyclopedia)rejería rāhārēˈä [key], the art of making iron screens and grilles, developed in Spain from the Romanesque period through the Renaissance. It employs chiseled and hammered metal as well as wroug...

Faenza

(Encyclopedia)Faenza fäānˈtsä [key], city, in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Lamone River. A s...

cassone

(Encyclopedia)cassone käs-sôˈnā [key], the Italian term for chest or coffer, usually a bridal or dower chest, highly ornate and given prominence in the home. Major artists such as Uccello and Botticelli painted...

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

(Encyclopedia)Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery: see Huntington, Henry Edwards. ...

restoration, in art

(Encyclopedia)restoration, in art: see art conservation and restoration. ...

Meiss, Millard

(Encyclopedia)Meiss, Millard mēs [key], 1904–75, American art historian, b. Cincinnati. Meiss taught art history at Columbia from 1934 to 1953 and thereafter was professor at Harvard until 1958, when he joined t...

Cennini, Cennino

(Encyclopedia)Cennini, Cennino chān-nēˈnō chān-nēˈnē [key], c.1370–1440, Florentine painter, follower of Agnolo Gaddi. None of his paintings is extant. He is most famous for having written the Libro dell'...

Bargello

(Encyclopedia)Bargello bärjĕlˈlō [key], 13th-century palace in Florence, Italy, which houses the national museum. Once the residence of the highest city official, but later used as a prison and as the office of...

Moscow Art Theater

(Encyclopedia)Moscow Art Theater, Russian repertory company founded in 1897 by Constantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. Its work created new concepts of theatrical production and marked the beginn...