See Also: Castagno, Andrea del(encyclopedia)
Zuccaro, Federico(encyclopedia)
Prader, Andrea(medicine)
Verrocchio, Andrea del(encyclopedia)
Sansovino, Andrea(encyclopedia)
Sacchi, Andrea(encyclopedia)
Pisano, Andrea(encyclopedia)
Palladio, Andrea(encyclopedia)
Orcagna, Andrea(encyclopedia)
Mantegna, Andrea(encyclopedia)

Zuccaro, Federico (sh) and Castagno, Andrea del (sh)


Zuccaro, Federico (sh)




or Federico Zuccari

born งใ 1540, Sant'Angelo in Vado, Duchy of Urbino
died July 20, 1609, Ancona

Italian painter and Art theorist.

In 1565 he worked in Florence with Giorgio Vasari. He codified the theory of Mannerism in The Idea of Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1607) and in a series of frescoes in his own house in Rome. In England in 1575 he drew or painted portraits of Elizabeth I and the earl of Leicester. He also painted the dome of the cathedral of Florence (1574), a large work in the Doges' Palace in Venice (1582), and much work for El Escorial in Spain (1585-88). At one time the central figure of the Roman Mannerist school, he lived to see Mannerism become extinct.


Castagno, Andrea del (sh)




orig. Andrea di Bartolo

born งใ 1421, San Martino a Corella, Republic of Florence
died Aug. 19, 1457, Florence

Italian painter active in Florence.

Little is known of his early life, and many of his paintings have been lost. His earliest dated works are frescoes in the church of San Zaccaria in Venice (1442). In 1447 he began his greatest work, a series of monumental frescoes depicting the Last Supper and Other scenes of Christ's Passion for the convent of Sant' Apollonia in Florence (now a museum). His use of pictorial illusionism and scientific perspective, as well as the powerful, sculptural form of his figures, established him as one of the most influential Renaissance painters of the 15th century.