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AMMANATI, BARTOLOMEO (1511-1592)

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AMMANATI, BARTOLOMEO (1511-1592)

AMMANATI, BARTOLOMEO (1511-1592) , Florentine architect and sculptor. He studied under See also:

BANDINELLI, BARTOLOMMEO

Bandinelli and Jacopo See also:

Sansovino, and closely imitated the See also:

style of See also:

MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)

Michelangelo. He was more distinguished in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture than in See also:

sculpture. He de-signed many buildings in See also:

Rome, See also:

Lucca and See also:

Florence, an addition to the Pitti See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace in the last-named See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city being one of his most celebrated See also:

WORKS

works. He was also employed in 1569 to build the beautiful See also:

BRIDGE

bridge over the See also:

Arno, known as See also:

PONTE (Ital. for " bridge ")

Ponte della Trinitaone of his celebrated works. The three See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches are elliptic, and though very See also:

LIGHT

light and elegant, have resisted the fury of the See also:

RIVER

river, which has swept away several other See also:

bridges at different times. Another of his most important works was the See also:

FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain for the Piazza della Signoria. In 1550 Ammanati married Laura Battiferri, an elegant poet and an accomplished woman.

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