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Orcagna

/ orˈkaɲa /

noun

  1. OrcagnaAndrea?13081368MFlorentineARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptorARCHITECTURE: architect Andrea (anˈdrɛːa), original name Andrea di Cione. ?1308–68, Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The right hand is raised by Michael Angelo as in anger; by Orcagna, only to show the wounded palm.

Giotto and Orcagna first attempted to give resemblance to nature in this respect.

Orcagna was not only a painter and a sculptor, but also a worker in mosaic, an architect and a poet.

In 1357 Orcagna painted the altar-piece in the same chapel, and of about the same date is the altar-piece now before us.

A certain quaint uncouthness should not blind us to Orcagna's wealth of expressive detail.

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