della Robbia
Americannoun
noun
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Filippo Brunelleschi, the architect, designed the Innocenti building, while Andrea della Robbia, the sculptor, was responsible for depicting idealized versions of the swaddled infants the institution took in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Finally, the exhibition ends with the figure of an adoring angel, reminiscent of Leonardo, made by Luca della Robbia the Younger, around 1510 or 1515.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2017
The della Robbia love of Classical symmetry is in effect, with twin angels floating around and a manicured garland of fruits and flowers framing the scene.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2016
It’s a constant companion, often inspiring: crystalline light and skies of della Robbia blue, storybook sunsets.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 15, 2014
"Simplicity and nobility," the words of Cavalucci and Molinier, is perhaps the best phrase in which to sum up the art of Luca della Robbia.
From Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
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