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Gherardesca, Ugolino della

(Encyclopedia)Gherardesca, Ugolino della: see Ugolino della Gherardesca. ...

Francesca, Piero della

(Encyclopedia)Francesca, Piero della: see Piero della Francesca. ...

Della Bella, Stefano

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

Della Casa, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Della Casa, Giovanni: see Casa.

Della Quercia, Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Della Quercia, Jacopo: see Quercia, Jacopo della. ...

Crusca, Accademia della

(Encyclopedia)Crusca, Accademia della: see Accademia della Crusca. ...

Porta, Giacomo della

(Encyclopedia)Porta, Giacomo della jäˈkōmō dĕlˈlä pôrˈtä [key], c.1540–1602, Italian architect and sculptor. After working with Vignola and Michelangelo, he completed several important works designed or...

Porta, Guglielmo della

(Encyclopedia)Porta, Guglielmo della dĕlˈlä pôrˈtä [key], d. 1577, Italian sculptor. His early works are in Genoa. In 1546 he went to Rome, where he was employed by Pope Paul III in restoring certain antique...

Piero della Francesca

(Encyclopedia)Piero della Francesca pyĕˈrō dĕlˈlä fränchāsˈkä [key], c.1420–1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Borgo San Sepolcro (modern Sansepolcro). All his masterpieces were created in town...

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...