Peruzzi

[ pe-root-tsee ]

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noun

Bal·das·sa·re Tom·ma·so [bahl-dahs-, sah, -, r, e tawm-, mah, -zaw], 1481–1536, Italian architect and painter.

Peruzzi

/ peˈruttsi /

PeruzziBaldassare Tommaso14811536MItalianARCHITECTURE: architectARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Baldassare Tommaso (baldasˈsaːre tomˈmaːzo). 1481–1536, Italian architect and painter of the High Renaissance. The design of the Palazzo Massimo, Rome, is attributed to him

Peruzzi , on the other hand, was a native of Siena, but belongs in his artistic development to the Roman School.

Baldassare Peruzzi, an excellent draughtsman and fair painter, was most distinguished as an architect.

Thus Peruzzi (167 and 218) elaborates the architecture and the horses, and introduces portraits.

Peruzzi greatly admired it, and affirmed that he had never seen a swoon so naturally represented.

Baldassare Peruzzi is one of the numerous individuals whose merit must not be measured by their good fortune.

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