Biography Category
official organizations of established artists. Lorenzo de’ Medici’s informal circle of great artists and thinkers was modeled on similar groups fo...
in the Bible, relative of Saul and commander in chief of his army. Jealousy and revenge probably caused his death at Joab’s hands....
(p mp ´ j rô´läm bätô´n ) (KEY) , 1708–87, Italian painter. Batoni studied and worked in Rome, learning much from the work of Corregio and ...
(ä´b lfä´z l, ´b lf z´ l) (KEY) , 1551–1602, minister of state and adviser to Akbar, Mughal emperor of India. His most renowned Persian text ...
(zhäN-bät st´ kärp ´) (KEY) , 1827–75, French sculptor and painter. He studied with François Rude and won the Prix de Rome. Carpeaux rose to f...
(än kl d f l p´ d tüby r´ kôN d k lüs´) (KEY) , 1692–1765, French archaeologist and antiquarian. Caylus learned drawing from Watteau. He tr...