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Fontana, Domenico
(Encyclopedia)Fontana, Domenico fōntäˈnä [key], 1543–1607, Italian architect. He went to Rome, where he built (c.1580) the Sistine Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore for Cardinal Peretti. When his ...Fontana
(Encyclopedia)Fontana, city (2020 pop. 208,393), San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1952. Fabricated metal products, construct...Fontana, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Fontana, Carlo kärˈlō fōntäˈnä [key], 1634–1714, Italian architect. During his early years he worked for three of the most important architects of the high baroque period—Rainaldi, Cortona,...Fontana, Lavinia
(Encyclopedia)Fontana, Lavinia, 1552–1614, Italian painter, daughter of Prospero Fontana, who trained her in the Mannerist style. Noted for her sensitivity in color and detail, she was a fashionable portrait pain...Fontana, Lucio
(Encyclopedia)Fontana, Lucio, 1899–1968, Italian artist, b. Argentina. He lived (1905–22) in Milan, then several times moved from Italy to Argentina and back, remaining in Italy after 1947. Much of his early wo...Fontana, Prospero
(Encyclopedia)Fontana, Prospero fōntäˈnä [key], 1512–97, Italian mannerist painter, father of Lavinia Fontana. He aided Primaticcio in the decoration of Fontainebleau but was active chiefly in Bologna, where...Fontana Dam
(Encyclopedia)Fontana Dam, N.C.: see Little Tennessee, river. ...Dragonetti, Domenico
(Encyclopedia)Dragonetti, Domenico dōmĕˈnēkō drägōnĕtˈtē [key], 1763–1846, Italian double-bass virtuoso. He appeared in opera houses in Europe and after 1794 in concerts in England. He was a friend of B...Domenico Veneziano
(Encyclopedia)Domenico Veneziano dōmāˈnēkō vānātsyäˈnō [key], c.1400–1461, Italian painter. His origin is unknown, although his name suggests that he came from Venice. His art, with rich coloring and de...Alberti, Domenico
(Encyclopedia)Alberti, Domenico dōmāˈnēkō älbĕrˈtē [key], c.1710–c.1740, Venetian singer, harpsichordist, and composer. The Alberti bass (which he used but probably did not invent) is a broken, left-hand...Browse by Subject
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