(Encyclopedia) Algardi, AlessandroAlgardi, Alessandroälās-sänˈdrō älgärˈdē [key], 1595–1654, Italian sculptor and designer, b. Bologna. He studied under Lodovico Carracci. In Rome his friend…
(Encyclopedia) Commodus (Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus)Commoduskŏmˈədəs [key], 161–192, Roman emperor (180–192), son and successor of Marcus Aurelius. In 180, reversing his father's foreign policy…
(Encyclopedia) Clovio, Giorgio GiulioClovio, Giorgio Giuliojôrˈjō j&oomacr;ˈlyō klōˈvyō [key], 1498–1578, Italian illuminator, miniaturist, and painter, also called Macedo or Il Macedone because…
(Encyclopedia) Eumenes II, fl. 2d cent. b.c., son of Attalus I, king of Pergamum (197–159 b.c.). He managed to expand the wealth and prestige of his state by maintaining an allegiance with Rome for…
(Encyclopedia) GabiiGabiigāˈbēī [key], ancient town of Latium, 12 mi (19.3 km) E of Rome on the road to Praeneste (modern Palestrina). According to legend, Romulus was reared there. One of the most…
(Encyclopedia) Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys BrillMattys Brillmäˈtīs [key], 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. Paul…
(Encyclopedia) TivoliTivolitēˈvōlē [key], Lat. Tibur, city (1991 pop. 52,372), in Latium, central Italy, on the Aniene River. An important tourist center, the city is beautifully situated on a…
(Encyclopedia) ScopasScopasskōˈpəs [key], Greek sculptor, fl. 4th cent. b.c., b. Paros. Although numbered among the Athenians, he wandered from place to place and did not attach himself to any school…
(Encyclopedia) PinturicchioPinturicchiopēnt&oomacr;rēkˈkyō [key] or PintoricchioPintoricchiopēntō– [key] [Ital.,=little painter], c.1454–1513, Umbrian painter whose real name was Bernardino di…
(Encyclopedia) Piranesi, Giovanni BattistaPiranesi, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä pēränāˈzē [key], 1720–78, Italian etcher and architect. The greater part of his life was spent in Rome, where…
