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Cesalpino, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Cesalpino, Andrea: see Caesalpinus, Andreas. ...Pisano, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Pisano, Andrea ändrĕˈä pēzäˈnō [key], c.1290–c.1348, Italian sculptor, also called Andrea da Pontedera. His most important work, the first bronze doors of the baptistery in Florence, was beg...Riccio, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Riccio, Andrea: see Briosco, Andrea. ...Cione, Andrea di
(Encyclopedia)Cione, Andrea di: see Orcagna.Andrea del Sarto
(Encyclopedia)Andrea del Sarto: see Sarto, Andrea del. ...Ghez, Andrea Mia
(Encyclopedia)Ghez, Andrea Mia, 1965–, American astrophysicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1992. She has been on the faculty at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, since 1994. G...Sarto, Andrea del
(Encyclopedia)Sarto, Andrea del ändrĕˈä dĕl särˈtō [key], 1486–1531, Florentine painter of the High Renaissance. He painted chiefly religious subjects. In 1509 he was commissioned by the Servites to decor...Castagno, Andrea del
(Encyclopedia)Castagno, Andrea del ändrĕˈä dĕl kästäˈnyō [key], c.1423–1457, major Florentine painter of the early Renaissance. His first recorded painting (1440; now destroyed), effigies of hanged men, ...Pozzo, Andrea dal
(Encyclopedia)Pozzo, Andrea dal ändrĕˈä däl pŏtˈtsō [key], 1647–1709, Italian painter. Pozzo was a Jesuit priest and leading exponent of the baroque style. He was celebrated for his bold foreshortening an...Verrocchio, Andrea del
(Encyclopedia)Verrocchio, Andrea del ändrĕˈä dĕl vār-rôkˈkyō [key], 1435–88, Florentine sculptor and painter, whose real name was Andrea di Michele di Francesco di Cioni. He was a leading figure in the e...Browse by Subject
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