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Pietro da Cortona

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Pietro da Cortona (Italian) [ˈpjɛːtro da korˈtoːna]
n
(Biographies / Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARCHITECTURE: architect) real name Pietro Berrettini. 1596-1669, Italian baroque painter and architect
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And yet one of the favorite tricks of such baroque masters as Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona was to play games with the interaction of flatness, protrusion and recession.
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In this context she discusses the Sacchetti family's patronage of Pietro da Cortona, Andrea Sacchi, Nicolas Poussin, and Simon Vouet, all of whom were subsequently employed by the Barberini.
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