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Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio
(Encyclopedia) Boltraffio or Beltraffio, Giovanni AntonioBoltraffio or Beltraffio, Giovanni Antoniojōvänˈnē äntôˈnyō bōlträfˈfyō, bāl– [key], 1467–1516, Italian painter, b. Milan. He was a pupil of…Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
(Encyclopedia) Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi daPalestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi dajōvänˈnē pyārl&oomacr;ēˈjē päˌlāstrēˈnä [key], c.1525–1594, Italian composer whose family name was Pierluigi; b.…Leonardo da Vinci
(Encyclopedia) Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vincidə vĭnˈchē, Ital. lāōnärˈdō dä vēnˈchē [key], 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a…Pleiku
(Encyclopedia) Pleiku or Play KuPlay Kuboth: plāk&oomacr;ˈ [key], town, central Vietnam. A highway junction for roads going east (to Quy Nhon), west (to Cambodia), north (to Da Nang), and south (…Fabriano
(Encyclopedia) Fabriano Fabriano fäbrēäˈnō [key], town, in the Marche, central Italy, in the Apennines. It is an…Bassano, Jacopo
(Encyclopedia) Bassano, JacopoBassano, Jacopoyäˈkōpō bäs-säˈnō [key], c.1515–1592, Venetian painter, whose original name was Jacopo, or Giacomo, da Ponte, b. Bassano, Italy. Bassano first studied…De Predis, Ambrogio
(Encyclopedia) De Predis, AmbrogioDe Predis, Ambrogioämbrōˈjō dā prāˈdēs [key] c.1455–c.1506, Milanese painter. He worked under Leonardo da Vinci and copied many of his paintings. He also executed…silverpoint
(Encyclopedia) silverpoint, method of drawing whereby a silver-tipped instrument is dragged across paper prepared with ground bone dust and gum water and then tinted with a pigment. The procedure…Guarda
(Encyclopedia) Guarda Guarda gwärˈdə [key], city, capital of Guarda dist., N central Portugal, in Beira Alta…Inhambane
(Encyclopedia) Inhambane Inhambane ĭnˌyəmbănˈə [key], city, SE Mozambique, on Inhambane Bay, an inlet of Mozambique…Trending
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