Pollaiuolo
Americannoun
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Antonio 1429–98, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith.
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his brother Piero 1443–96, painter, sculptor, and goldsmith.
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Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo), ?1432–98, Florentine painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver: his paintings include the Martyrdom of St Sebastian
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his brother Piero (ˈpjɛːro). ?1443–96, Florentine painter and sculptor
Example Sentences
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But when he compares it to the Renaissance sculpture of Pollaiuolo, he finds it lacking: “as our eye glides on without the stimulus of sharply contrasting planes we begin to lose interest.”
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2016
An ink-and-chalk study for a public sculpture by the Florentine painter Antonio del Pollaiuolo, dating from around 1480, is scarred with wrinkles, as if it had been crumpled into a ball and then smoothed out.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2012
Mantegna apart, the Renaissance master most associated with the print was Antonio Pollaiuolo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pollaiuolo was the first artist to make a first-hand study of what lay under the skin, and he touched off an artistic revolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is something of the influence of Antonio Pollaiuolo visible in this treatment of his favourite subject, and it is just conceivable that it may be an early study by Signorelli done in his workshop.
From Luca Signorelli by Cruttwell, Maud
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