Pollaiuolo
Antonio
[ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1429–98, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith.
his brother, Piero
[pye-raw] /ˈpyɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1443–96, painter, sculptor, and goldsmith.
Historical Examples
The passion of Pollaiuolo was to discover the science of movement in the human frame.
Luca Signorelli Maud Cruttwell
Vasari says that almost every artist in Florence possessed a cast of Pollaiuolo’s battle-piece.
Donatello David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
The group is one of the noblest creations of modern art—worthy of the brush of a Pollaiuolo or a Signorelli.
Delacroix Paul G. Konody
They show much of the influence of Pollaiuolo, and seem to me to be Signorelli’s unassisted work.
Luca Signorelli Maud Cruttwell
The influence of Pollaiuolo can be observed in the sculptures on the gradino of the throne, little nude figures in violent action.
Luca Signorelli Maud Cruttwell
To its demands he was ready to sacrifice everything that habits acquired under Filippo and Pollaiuolo,—and his employers!
The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance Bernhard Berenson
noun
Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo), ?1432–98, Florentine painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver: his paintings include the Martyrdom of St Sebastian
his brother Piero (ˈpjɛːro). ?1443–96, Florentine painter and sculptor
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