Biography Category
(äk-käd ´m ä d l´lä kr s´kä) (KEY) [Ital.,=academy of the chaff], Italian literary society founded in Florence in 1582 to maintain the purity...
(lw ´j äm d ´ d ´kä d ´ly abr t´ts ) (KEY) , 1873–1933, Italian explorer and mountain climber; cousin of Victor Emmanuel III. He led (1897...
(bärt l m ´ äm-mänä´t ) (KEY) , 1511–92, Italian sculptor and architect. He studied under Bandinelli in Florence and assisted Jacopo Sansovin...
(frä änj l´ k ) (KEY) , c.1400–1455, Florentine painter, b. Vicchio, Tuscany. He was variously named Guido (his baptismal name), or Guidolino, di...
(äg st ´n d d t´ch ) (KEY) , b. 1418, d. after 1481, Florentine sculptor. Agostino worked mainly in other parts of Italy; he carved marble narrat...
( l´´k m ´n z) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Athenian sculptor, said to have been a pupil and rival of Phidias. He worked in gold, ivory, and bronze....