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
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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
With the Renaissance, artists returned to anatomy and, after Pollaiuolo, went in for it in a big way.
From Time Magazine Archive
In early likenesses by Pisanello, Pollaiuolo and Uccello, the subject is seen in strict profile.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although there is no trace of the influence of Piero remaining, yet there is much of Antonio Pollaiuolo, especially in the muscular figure and bent legs of the Christ.
From Luca Signorelli by Cruttwell, Maud
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