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(Encyclopedia) CEE Italian language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Italy and San…Puy de Dôme
(Encyclopedia) Puy de Dôme, extinct volcano of the Massif Central and the second highest peak (4,806 ft/1,465 m) of the Auvergne Mts., central France, W of Clermont-Ferrand. Crops are raised on the…Nanni d'Antonio di Banco
(Encyclopedia) Nanni d'Antonio di BancoNanni d'Antonio di Banconänˈnē däntônˈyō dē bängˈkō [key], c.1384–1421, Florentine sculptor. After study with his father, Antonio di Banco, who worked on the…Giottino
(Encyclopedia) GiottinoGiottinojōt-tēˈnō [key], early Florentine painter of the school of Giotto. He is supposed to have lived in the first half of the 14th cent. and has been variously identified as…Flémal, Bertholet
(Encyclopedia) Flémal, BertholetFlémal, Bertholetbĕrtōlĕˈ flāmälˈ [key], 1614–75, Flemish painter of mythological and religious subjects. He went to Italy in 1638 and worked in Florence for the Grand…Filarete
(Encyclopedia) FilareteFilaretefēˈlärĕˈtā [key], c.1400–c.1465, Italian architect and sculptor, whose real name was Antonio Averlino, b. Florence. In the 1430s he went to Rome, where he studied the…Vries, Adriaen de
(Encyclopedia) Vries, Adriaen deVries, Adriaen deäˈdrēän də vrēs [key], c.1560–c.1626, Dutch sculptor. Having studied in Florence under Giovanni Bologna, he carried into Bohemia and Germany the…Sixtus IV
(Encyclopedia) Sixtus IVSixtus IVsĭkˈstəs [key], 1414–84, pope (1471–84), an Italian named Francesco della Rovere (b. near Savona); successor of Paul II. He was made general of his order, the…Salvemini, Gaetano
(Encyclopedia) Salvemini, GaetanoSalvemini, Gaetanogäātäˈnō sälvāmēˈnē [key], 1873–1957, Italian historian. He taught at the universities of Messina, Pisa, and Florence and also served (1919–21) in…Potgieter, Everhardus Johannes
(Encyclopedia) Potgieter, Everhardus JohannesPotgieter, Everhardus Johannesāvərhärˈdəs yōhänˈəs pôtˈgētər [key], 1808–75, Dutch critic, essayist, and poet. He was the first editor (1837–65) of and a…Trending
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