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Ghirlandaio

American  
[geer-lahn-dah-yaw] / ˌgir lɑnˈdɑ jɔ /
Or Ghirlandajo

noun

  1. Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi, 1449–94, Italian painter.


Ghirlandaio British  
/ ɡirlanˈdaːjo /

noun

  1. Domenico (doˈmeːniko). original name Domenico Bigordi. 1449–94, Italian painter of frescoes

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“There’s no radar, no navigation systems in place,” said Ghirlandaio Jailani Wafa, a top aviation official at the Kabul airport.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2021

A small oil-and-tempera painting called “The Torment of Saint Anthony,” based on a print by Martin Schongauer, came at about the same time as his Ghirlandaio stint.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2017

With authentic patterns and colors for the fabrics, hats, headdresses and cloaks, the ballet's images of Verona seem to emerge from paintings by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2014

Inside the house Craig-Martin has curated a series of 12 head portraits from Chatsworth's vast collection of old master drawings including drawings by Hans Holbein, Annibale Carracci and Ghirlandaio.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2014

The problems of anatomy, of perspective, of light and shade, and of grouping, at which in Florence he had seen men like Pollaiolo, Ghirlandaio, Filippino, Lionardo wasting their youth, he never even glanced at.

From Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Vernon Lee

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