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Baciccio, Il

(Encyclopedia)Baciccio, Il: see Gaulli, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cerano, Il

(Encyclopedia)Cerano, Il: see Crespi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Conegliano, Cima da

(Encyclopedia)Conegliano, Cima da: see Cima, Giovanni Battista. ...

Vecchio, Il

(Encyclopedia)Vecchio, Il: see Amato, Giovanni Antonio d'. ...

Medici, Giovanni de' (Leo X), 1475–1521, pope

(Encyclopedia)Medici, Giovanni de', 1475–1521: see Leo X. ...

Pisano, Nicola

(Encyclopedia)Pisano, Nicola pēzäˈnō [key], b. c.1220, d. between 1278 and 1287, major Italian sculptor, believed to have come from Apulia. He founded a new school of sculpture in Italy. His first great work w...

Mino da Fiesole

(Encyclopedia)Mino da Fiesole dē jōvänˈnē [key], 1429–84, Florentine sculptor of the early Renaissance. He produced many tombs and sculptures for churches. Among the best are the altar in the cathedral at Fi...

Bellini

(Encyclopedia)Bellini jōvänˈnē [key], c.1430–1516, who was first active in Padua where he worked with his father and brother. Also influenced by Mantegna, who became his brother-in-law in 1454, Giovanni paint...

Bononcini

(Encyclopedia)Bononcini bwō– [key], musical family of Modena, Italy. Giovanni Maria Bononcini, 1642–78, choirmaster and organist at Bologna and Modena, was a composer and the author of Musico prattico (1673). ...

Pio of Pietrelcina, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Pio of Pietrelcina, Saint, 1887–1968, Italian Capuchin friar and mystic known as Padre Pio. Born Francesco Forgione, he was a sickly child who experienced visions and ecstasies at a young age and en...