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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 312 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BANDINELLI, BARTOLOMMEO

BANDINELLI, BARTOLOMMEO or See also:

BACCIO

BACCIO (1493—1560), Florentine sculptor, was the son of an eminent See also:

goldsmith, and from him Bandinelli obtained the first elements of See also:

DRAWING

drawing. Showing a strong inclination for the See also:

FINE

fine arts, he was See also:

early placed under Rustici, a sculptor, and a friend of Leonardo da See also:

VINCI, LEONARDO (1690-173o)

Vinci, with whom he made rapid progress. The ruling See also:

MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive in his See also:

LIFE

life seems to have been See also:

JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy both of Benvenuto See also:

CELLINI, BENVENUTO (1500-1571)

Cellini and of See also:

MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)

Michelangelo, one of whose cartoons he is said to have torn up and destroyed. He is regarded by some as inferior in See also:

sculpture only to Michelangelo, with whom a comparison unfavourable to Bandinelli is tempted in such See also:

WORKS

works as the See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

COLOSSAL

colossal See also:

GROUP

group of See also:

Hercules and Cacus in the Piazza del Gran Duco, and the group of See also:

Adam and See also:

EVE

Eve in the Bargello. Among his best works must be reckoned the See also:

bassi-rilievi in the See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir of the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of See also:

Florence; his copy of the See also:

LAOCOON

Laocoon; and the figures of See also:

Christ and Nicodemus on his own See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

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