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Roman art

(Encyclopedia) Roman art, works of art produced in ancient Rome and its far-flung provinces. The continued striving after three-dimensional illusionist effects revealed in the various phases of…

Heemskerck, Maarten van

(Encyclopedia) Heemskerck, Maarten vanHeemskerck, Maarten vanmärˈtən vän hāmsˈkĕrk [key], 1498–1574, Dutch painter. His family name was van Veen. He studied in Haarlem under Scorel and in Rome from…

Preti, Mattia

(Encyclopedia) Preti, MattiaPreti, Mattiamät-tēˈä prĕˈtē [key], 1613–99, Italian baroque painter, called Il Calabrese for his birthplace. Preti went to Rome c.1630 and studied with Lanfranco. His…

Eustachi, Bartolomeo

(Encyclopedia) Eustachi, BartolomeoEustachi, Bartolomeobärˌtōlōmĕˈō āˌ&oomacr;stäˈkē [key], d. 1574, Italian anatomist. He lived in Rome from 1549 and taught at the Collegia della Sapienza (later…

Gaulli, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia) Gaulli, Giovanni BattistaGaulli, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä gä&oomacr;lˈlē [key], 1639–1709, Italian painter, called Baciccia or Baciccio. He was noted for his airy,…

Veii

(Encyclopedia) VeiiVeiivēˈī [key], ancient city of Etruria, 11 mi (18 km) NW of Rome, Italy. One of the most powerful member cities of the Etruscan League, it was constantly at war with Rome. It fell…

Belli, Giuseppe Gioacchino

(Encyclopedia) Belli, Giuseppe GioacchinoBelli, Giuseppe Gioacchinoj&oomacr;zĕpˈpā jōäk-kēˈnō bĕlˈlē [key], 1791–1863, Italian poet. Born in Rome into poverty, Belli earned his living as a…

Vien, Joseph-Marie

(Encyclopedia) Vien, Joseph-MarieVien, Joseph-Mariezhôzëfˈ-märēˈ vyăNˈ [key], 1716–1809, French neoclassical painter. A protégé of the comte de Caylus, he won the Prix de Rome and studied in Italy.…

Jugurtha

(Encyclopedia) JugurthaJugurthaj&oomacr;gûrˈthə [key], c.156–104 b.c., king of Numidia, a grandson of Masinissa. On the death of Micipsa (118 b.c.), the royal power devolved upon his two sons and…

Rosa, Salvator

(Encyclopedia) Rosa, SalvatorRosa, Salvatorsälvätōrˈ rôˈzä [key], 1615–73, Italian baroque painter, etcher, and poet of the Neapolitan school. In 1635, Rosa went to Rome, where he established his…