Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

SIMONE (1457—1508)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 1 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

SIMONE (1457—1508) , See also:nephew of See also:Antonio See also:Pollaiuolo, a celebrated architect, was See also:born in See also:Florence and went to See also:Rome in 1484; there he entered his See also:uncle's studio and studied See also:architecture. On his return to Florence he was entrusted with the completion of the See also:Strozzi See also:palace begun by Benedetto de Maiano, and the See also:cornice on the See also:facade has earned him lasting fame. His highly coloured accounts of Rome earned for him the See also:nickname of it Cronaca (chronicler). About 1498 he built the See also:church of See also:San See also:Francesco at See also:Monte and the See also:vestibule of the See also:sacristy of Santo Spirito. In collaboration with Guiliano da See also:Sangallo he designed the See also:great See also:hall in the Palazzo Vecchio. He was a See also:close friend and adherent of See also:Savonarola. See also Maud Cruttwell, Antonio Pollaiuolo (1907).

End of Article: SIMONE (1457—1508)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665) 		[next]
SIMONE MARTINI

Site © 2006 - Net Industries