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Andrea Pozzo (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa ˈpottso]; Latinized version: Andreas Puteus; 30 November 1642 – 31 August 1709) was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician.
Andrea Pozzo was an Italian painter, architect, and perspective theorist who worked in Rome and Vienna. He wrote a treatise on perspective and designed stage sets, church decorations, and quadrature.
Andrea Pozzo was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. Pozzo was best known for his grandiose frescoes using...
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Learn about Andrea Pozzo, an Italian Jesuit brother who created illusionistic frescoes and designed churches and stages. Explore his biography, artworks, and references on Wikiart.org, a visual art database.
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- November 30, 1642
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- August 31, 1709
Andrea dal Pozzo was a famous Italian Jesuit painter, architect, stage designer and art theoretician of the late seventeenth century. He is noted for expounding the art of illusionist mural paintings of the Baroque era.
The painter and architect Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709) can be considered as one of the most remarkable figures of the European Baroque. Well known for his illusionistic frescoes and for combining scenic apparatuses with religious architecture, Pozzo, a Jesuit himself, worked almost exclusively for the Society of Jesus.
May 17, 2018 · Andrea Pozzo, S.J. (1642-1709), a Jesuit coadjutor brother, was a tremendously multitalented artist. He worked as an architect, decorator, painter, and art theoretician; he was also one of the most noteworthy artists of the Baroque period.
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