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Facts

Born c.1245 • Italy
Died 1301 or 1310 • Florence • Italy
Notable Works Palazzo Vecchio • Santa Croce
Movement / Style Gothic architecture • Gothic art

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Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.
Tomb of Riccardo Annibaldi (detail)
Basilica of Santa Croce
Santa Croce
Corbel tables on the facade and tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, attributed to Arnolfo, 1298–1314
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Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Pietro Lombardo
Italian sculptor
Bernardo Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
Italian sculptor
The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.
Jacopo della Quercia
Italian sculptor
“Doris,” detail from the “Fountain of Neptune,” executed from Bartolommeo Ammannati's model by Andrea Calamech, 1563–75; in Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Bartolommeo Ammannati
Italian sculptor and architect
Andrea Sansovino
Italian architect
The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
Antonio Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Maitani, Lorenzo: Orvieto Cathedral facade
Lorenzo Maitani
Italian sculptor
Nicola Pisano: Adoration of the Magi
Nicola Pisano
Italian sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
Maya Lin
Maya Lin
American sculptor and architect
Equestrian statue of Charles IV, bronze by Manuel Tolsá, 1803; in Mexico City.
Manuel Tolsá
Spanish-born sculptor and architect
St. John's College Chapel
Sir George Gilbert Scott
British architect
Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
Diego de Siloé
Spanish artist
Desprez, Louis-Jean: Botanical Garden's conservatory
Louis-Jean Desprez
French painter and architect
Stadhuis, Antwerp
Cornelis II Floris
Flemish artist
Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu
French sculptor
Westerkerk, Amsterdam, by Hendrick de Keyser, 1620–38
Hendrick de Keyser
Dutch sculptor

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