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(Encyclopedia) Vivarini vēvärēˈnē [key], Italian family of painters originating in Murano. They executed innumerable altarpieces that reflect the trends of the 15th cent. in northern Italian painting, from Gent...

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

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

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

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

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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). ...