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Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Conte
(Encyclopedia)Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Conte jōvänˈnē kōnˈtā pēˈkō dĕlˈlä mēränˈdōlä [key], 1463–94, Italian philosopher and humanist. To many in the age of the Renaissance, Pico was the ...Credi, Lorenzo di
(Encyclopedia)Credi, Lorenzo di: see Lorenzo di Credi. ...Duccio, Agostino di
(Encyclopedia)Duccio, Agostino di: see Agostino di Duccio. ...Giovanni, Bertoldo di
(Encyclopedia)Giovanni, Bertoldo di: see Bertoldo di Giovanni. ...Cambio, Arnolfo di
(Encyclopedia)Cambio, Arnolfo di: see Arnolfo di Cambio. ...Buoninsegna, Duccio di
(Encyclopedia)Buoninsegna, Duccio di: see Duccio di Buoninsegna. ...Cannizzaro, Stanislao
(Encyclopedia)Cannizzaro, Stanislao stänēsläˈō kän-nēt-tsäˈrō [key], 1826–1910, Italian chemist. From 1861 he was professor at Palermo and from 1871 at Rome, where he was also a member of the senate and...Nanni d'Antonio di Banco
(Encyclopedia)Nanni d'Antonio di Banco nänˈnē däntônˈyō dē bängˈkō [key], c.1384–1421, Florentine sculptor. After study with his father, Antonio di Banco, who worked on the cathedral of Florence, Nanni...Giottino
(Encyclopedia)Giottino jōt-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 Giotto di Stefano,...Say, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Say, Thomas, 1787–1843, American naturalist, b. Philadelphia. He went on collecting expeditions to Georgia and Florida and, with Stephen H. Long, to the Rocky Mts. and up the Mississippi and Minneso...Browse by Subject
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