Paolo Romano
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Paolo Romano also known as Paolo Tuccone and as Paolo di Mariano di Tuccio Taccone was an Italian renaissance
sculptor. Giorgio Vasari
in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
recounts that Paolo Romano was a modest man whose sculpture was far superior to that of his boastful contemporary Mino del Reame
.
The Vatican Museums
and Sant'Andrea della Valle
in Rome have a sculpture by Paolo Romano.
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
sculptor. Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century...
recounts that Paolo Romano was a modest man whose sculpture was far superior to that of his boastful contemporary Mino del Reame
Mino del Reame
Mino del Reame, also known as Mino dal Reame, was a 15th century Italian renaissance sculptor. He was active in Rome from about 1460 to 1480...
.
The Vatican Museums
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums , in Viale Vaticano in Rome, inside the Vatican City, are among the greatest museums in the world, since they display works from the immense collection built up by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries, including some of the most renowned classical sculptures and...
and Sant'Andrea della Valle
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Sant'Andrea della Valle is a basilica church in Rome, Italy, in the rione of Sant'Eustachio. The basilica is the general seat for the religious order of the Theatines.-Overview:...
in Rome have a sculpture by Paolo Romano.