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Fontainebleau, school of

(Encyclopedia)Fontainebleau, school of, group of 16th-century artists who decorated the royal palace at Fontainebleau. The major figures in this group were Italian painters invited to France by Francis I. Il Rosso,...

Francia

(Encyclopedia)Francia fränˈchä [key], c.1450–1517, Italian painter, goldsmith, and medalist of the early Bolognese school, whose real name was Francesco Raibolini. Until the age of 40 he was famous chiefly as ...

Sassetta

(Encyclopedia)Sassetta säs-sĕtˈtä [key], c.1400–1450, Italian painter of the Sienese school, whose original name was Stefano di Giovanni. A popular artist, he painted many large altarpieces, scenes from the l...

Tirano

(Encyclopedia)Tirano tēräˈnō [key], town (1991 pop. 8,919), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River, in the Valtellina, near the Swiss border. It is an agricultural and silk market. Nearby is the Church of the Mad...

Pannini, Giovanni Paolo

(Encyclopedia)Pannini or Panini, Giovanni Paolo jōvänˈnē päˈōlō pänēnˈnē, pänēˈnē [key], 1691–1765, Italian painter. Pannini abandoned the study of architecture for painting, becoming famed for hi...

Spagna, Lo

(Encyclopedia)Spagna, Lo lō späˈnyä [key], c.1450–c.1528, Italian painter, b. Spain, whence his nickname. His real name was Giovanni di Pietro. His art belongs to the Umbrian school and reveals his indebtedne...

Masolino da Panicale

(Encyclopedia)Masolino da Panicale mäzōlēˈnō dä pänēkäˈlā [key], 1383–c.1447, Florentine painter of the early Renaissance, whose real name was Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini. His versatile painting incorpo...

hydrazine

(Encyclopedia)hydrazine hīˈdrəzēnˌ [key], chemical compound, formula NH2NH2, m.p. 1.4℃, b.p. 113.5℃, specific gravity 1.011 at 15℃. It is very soluble in water and soluble in alcohol. At ordinary tempera...

Garofalo, Il

(Encyclopedia)Garofalo, Il ēl gärôˈfälō [key], 1481–1559, Italian painter of the Ferrarese school, whose real name was Benvenuto Tisi or Tisio. Influenced by Raphael, he painted in a competent though unorig...

Clement XI, pope

(Encyclopedia)Clement XI, 1649–1721, pope (1700–1721), an Italian (b. Urbino) named Giovanni Francesco Albani; successor of Innocent XII. He was known in his youth for his prodigious learning and brilliance. He...