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Carrucci, Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Carrucci, Jacopo: see Pontormo, Jacopo da. ...

Carucci, Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Carucci, Jacopo: see Pontormo, Jacopo da. ...

Della-Cruscans

(Encyclopedia)Della-Cruscans dĕlˈə-krŭsˈkənz [key] [from the Accademia della Crusca, founded for linguistic purity, Florence, 16th cent.], a group of English poets living in Italy at the end of the 18th cent....

Della Porta

(Encyclopedia)Della Porta. For persons thus named use Porta.

Della Robbia

(Encyclopedia)Della Robbia dĕlˌə rŏbˈēə, Ital. dĕlˈlä rôbˈbyä [key], Florentine family of sculptors and ceramists famous for their enameled terra-cotta or faience. Many of the Della Robbia pieces are s...

Liberale da Verona

(Encyclopedia)Liberale da Verona lēbāräˈlā dä vārôˈnä [key], b. c.1445, d. 1526 or 1529, Italian painter of the Veronese school, whose given name was Liberale de Jacopo della Biava. He was employed at Mon...

Barbari, Jacopo de'

(Encyclopedia)Barbari, Jacopo de' yäˈkōpō dā bärbäˈrē [key], c.1440–1516, Germano-Dutch painter and engraver, b. Venice. Barbari was a major link between North European and Italian art; his and Dürer's ...

Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo jōvänˈnē yäˈkōpō käräˈlyō [key], c.1500–1565, Italian engraver and designer, known also as Jacobus Parmensis and Jacobus Veronensis. He was a pupil of Raimondi ...

Pontormo, Jacopo da

(Encyclopedia)Pontormo, Jacopo da yäˈkōpō dä pōntôrˈmō [key], 1494–1556, Florentine painter, one of the creators of mannerism. His real name was Jacopo Carrucci. He studied with Andrea del Sarto, Leonard...

Ammanati, Bartolomeo

(Encyclopedia)Ammanati, Bartolomeo bärtōlōmĕˈō äm-mänäˈtē [key], 1511–92, Italian sculptor and architect. He studied under Bandinelli in Florence and assisted Jacopo Sansovino in his work on the Librar...