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Domenico Pedrini
Domenico Pedrini (Bologna, 1728 – Bologna, 1800) was an Italian painter. Fiercely provincial in his geographic activity, Pedrini's works were mainly completed in and around Bologna, and yet his atavistic style strayed far afield into Bologna's strong Baroque ancestry. Biography He mainly painted for Bolognese churches including the church of San Bartolomeo (''Madonna Addolorata''), the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita (''St Joseph with the Christ Child''), and the church of San Sigismondo (''St Sigismund of Burgundy Adoring the Sacred Heart'', main altarpiece). In the 1770s, he painted the altarpiece depicting ''Virgin and Child with St Cajetan'' for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie alla Cavalleria in Bologna. Various quadrature and ornamental frescoes were completed in the Bolognese palaces of Cospi Ferretti, Fava-Simonetti and Tanari. Pedrini's allegorical ceiling paintings in the Palazzo Malvezzo, were likely to have been executed under the direction of Ubaldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. It is known as the Fat City for its rich cuisine, and the Red City for its Spanish-style red tiled rooftops and, more recently, its leftist politics. It is also called the Learned City because it is home to the oldest university in the world. Originally Etruscan, the city has been an important urban center for centuries, first under the Etruscans (who called it ''Felsina''), then under the Celts as ''Bona'', later under the Romans (''Bonōnia''), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and later ''signoria'', when it was among the largest European cities by population. Famous for its towers, churches and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
