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: Christofori Bartolomeo of Padua died in Florence [...] was the famous harpsichord maker, a distinguished restorer rendering even better good instruments made by other past masters and he was also the inventor of harpsichords with hammers, which produce a different quality of sound both on account of the hammer striking the chord and the completely different internal structure of the body of the instrument, not visible from the outside [...] the best instruments that he made were for Ferdinando de ' Medici Great Prince of Tuscany, his protector and son of the Grand Duke Cosimo III.
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Bartolomeo and Padua
The invention of the modern piano is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori ( 1655 – 1731 ) of Padua, Italy, who was employed by Ferdinando de ' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, as the Keeper of the Instruments.
: These are the ways in which it is possible to play the Arpicimbalo del piano e forte, invented by Master Bartolomeo Christofani of Padua in the year 1700, harpsichord maker to the Most Serene Grand Prince Ferdinand of Tuscany.
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Three sculptors competed for the contract, Verrocchio from Florence, Alessandro Leopardi from Venice and Bartolomeo Vellano from Padua.
In Padua he gained his first experiences as a stonecutter in the sculpture workshop of Bartolomeo Cavazza da Sossano, who is said to have imposed particularly hard working conditions.
In late May 1513, a French army commanded by Louis de la Trémoille crossed the Alps and advanced on Milan ; at the same time, Bartolomeo d ' Alviano and the Venetian army marched west from Padua.
* Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro ( 1631 – 1644 ), transferred from Padua, named cardinal 1626 ( see below )
Bartolomeo and died
On the old townhall a Latin inscription is still visible: Montes argentum mihi dant nomenque Tridentum (" Mountains give me silver and the name of Trento "), attributed to Fra ' Bartolomeo da Trento ( died in 1251 ).
: 1731, 27th, Bartolomeo Crisofani, called Bartolo Padovano, died, famous instrument maker to the Most Serene Grand Prince Ferdinando of fond memory, and he was a skillful maker of keyboard instruments, and also the inventor of the pianoforte, that is known through all Europe, and who served His Majesty the King of Portugal V, who paid two hundred gold louis d ' or for the said instruments, and he died, as has been said, at the age of eighty-one years.
* February 24 – Bartolomeo Altomonte, Italian painter ( died 1783 )
* March 10 – Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari – Italian painter of frescoes ( died 1727 )
** Bartolomeo Guidobono, Italian painter active mainly in Northern Italy ( died 1709 )
The first stage was scarcely begun by Niccolò Tribolo before he died in 1550, then was continued by Bartolomeo Ammanati, with contributions in planning from Giorgio Vasari, who laid out the grottos, and in sculpture by Bernardo Buontalenti.
* The anatomical engravings of Bartolomeo Eustachi ( died 1574 ) are published for the first time as Tabulae anatomicae by Giovanni Maria Lancisi.
Vitelleschi's nephew, Bartolomeo Vitelleschi ( died 13 December 1463 ), bishop of Corneto and Montefiascone, was made a cardinal 6 April 1444.
555 survivors of Bartolomeo Colleoni were rescued ; 121 died.
Bartolomeo and Florence
It crosses Florence, where it passes below the Ponte Vecchio and the Santa Trìnita bridge ( built by Bartolomeo Ammanati, but inspired by Michelangelo ).
Bartolomeo Ammannati ( 18 June 1511 – 13 April 1592 ) was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence.
As a 12-year old boy, he became a pupil of Cosimo Rosselli, and a fellow-pupil with Fra Bartolomeo with whom he formed such an intimate brotherly rapport that in 1494 the two started their own studio in Florence.
Born in Florence, the son of Bartolomeo Corsini, Marquis of Casigliano and his wife Isabella Strozzi, sister of the Duke of Bagnuolo, Corsini had been an aristocratic lawyer and financial manager under preceding pontiffs.
Baccio D ' Agnolo ( 19 May 1462 – 6 March 1543 ), born Bartolomeo Baglioni, was an Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect from Florence.
For his last commission in Florence, Donatello produced reliefs for the bronze pulpits in the church of San Lorenzo, with help from students Bartolomeo Bellano and Bertoldo di Giovanni.
Nevertheless, Fra Michele Berti, from Calci near Pisa, a member of the Ancona branch of Fraticelli, after preaching the Lenten course to his associates in Florence, was arrested 20 April 1389, as he was about to leave the city, and was condemned by the Franciscan Archbishop of Florence, Bartolomeo Oleari, to be burned at the stake.
In 1489, Bartolomeo della Fonte of Florence wrote that Lorenzo de ' Medici founded his own Greek-Latin library encouraged by the example of the Hungarian king.
Later representations of the Biblical hero include Antonio del Pollaiuolo's David ( Berlin, Staatliche Museen, c. 1470, panel painting ), Verrocchio's David ( Florence, Bargello, 1470s, bronze ), Domenico Ghirlandaio's David ( Florence, S. Maria Novella, c. 1485, fresco ), Bartolomeo Bellano's David ( New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1470s, bronze ), Michelangelo's David ( Florence, Accademia, 1501-4, marble ), and Bernini's David, ( Rome, Galleria Borghese, 1623 – 24, marble ).
At the time of its origin around the year 1700, the piano was a speculative invention, produced by the well-paid craftsman and inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori for his wealthy patron Ferdinando de Medici, Grand Prince of Florence.
What we now call the fortepiano was invented by harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence around the turn of the 18th century.
In 1489, Bartolomeo della Fonte of Florence wrote that Lorenzo de Medici founded his own Greek-Latin library encouraged by the example of the Hungarian king.
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ( Russian: Франче ́ ско Бартоломе ́ о ( Варфоломе ́ й Варфоломе ́ евич ) Растре ́ лли ; Florence, Italy, 1700 – Saint Petersburg, Russia, 29 April 1771 ) was an Italian-born Russian architect.
The work came to the Uffizi in 1867 from the monastery of San Bartolomeo of Monteoliveto, near Florence.
When the Annunciation came to the Uffizi in 1867, from the Olivetan monastery of San Bartolomeo, near Florence, it was ascribed to Domenico Ghirlandaio, who was, like Leonardo, an apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio.
Annunziata in Florence, where his teacher was the distinguished composer to the Medici family, Bartolomeo degli Organi.
He was born in Florence, and was trained as a painter by his brother Bartolomeo, whom he followed to Madrid as a boy.
He was born in Florence, where he studied architecture and sculpture under Bartolomeo Ammanati, and painting under Federico Zuccari.
In 1473, Stephen stopped paying the annual tribute to the Porte and as a reaction to this, an Italian letter, dated from 1473 to Bartolomeo Scala, secretary of the Republic of Florence, reveals that Mehmed had left Constantinople on April 13 and was planning to invade Moldavia from land and sea.
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In Venice he was given a valuable commission from the emigrant German community for the church of San Bartolomeo.
Fra Bartolomeo or Fra Bartolommeo ( di Pagholo ) ( March 28, 1472 – October 6, 1517 ), also known as Baccio della Porta, was an Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects.
Bartolomeo learned perspective from the younger artist, while Raphael added skills in coloring and handling of drapery, which was noticeable in the works he produced after their meeting.
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli ( sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo ; 1445 – 1517 ) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting.
Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli ( October 13, 1474 – November 5, 1515 ) was a High Renaissance Italian painter of the Florentine school, closely involved with Fra Bartolomeo and influenced by Raphael.
Vasari's opinion was that Mariotto was not so well grounded in drawing as Bartolomeo, and he tells that, to improve his hand he had taken to drawing the antiquities in the Medici garden, where he was encouraged by Madonna Alfonsina, the mother of Lorenzo de ' Medici.
Bartolomeo Platina, the scholar who was prefect of the Vatican Library, wrote his Vitæ Pontificum Platinæ historici liber de vita Christi ac omnium pontificum qui hactenus ducenti fuere et XX in 1479 at the behest of his patron, Pope Sixtus IV.
The 16th-century Italian historian Onofrio Panvinio, commenting on one of Bartolomeo Platina's works that refer to Pope Joan, theorized that the story of Pope Joan may have originated from tales of Pope John XII ; John reportedly had many mistresses, including one called Joan, who was very influential in Rome during his pontificate.
Pope Urban VI ( c. 1318 – 15 October 1389 ), born Bartolomeo Prignano, was Pope from 1378 to 1389.
An early description of Suleiman, a few weeks following his accession, was provided by the Venetian envoy Bartolomeo Contarini: " He is twenty-six years of age, tall, but wiry, and of a delicate complexion.
* 1709: The first piano was built by Bartolomeo Cristofori
Notable architects involved in the project included the Florentine Filarete, who was commissioned to build the high central entrance tower, and the military specialist Bartolomeo Gadio.
Architects who were renowned for their constructions using the style include Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, an Italian architect who worked in Russia and who was noted for his lavish and opulent works, Philip de Lange, who worked in both Danish and Dutch Rococo architecture, or Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, who worked in the late Baroque style and who contributed to the reconstruction of the city of Dresden, in Germany.
Frescos in Perugia of about 1505 show a new monumental quality in the figures which may represent the influence of Fra Bartolomeo, who Vasari says was a friend of Raphael.
The original project was begun by Bartolomeo Ammannati in 1577 – 1582, and continued by Filippo Juvarra in the 18th century.
Bartolomeo Platina, who was one of these, wrote a threatening letter to the Pope, and was imprisoned, but later discharged.
It was claimed that Caroline had committed adultery with a low-born man: Bartolomeo Pergami.
Pope Gregory XVI ( 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846 ), born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846.
He was consecrated as bishop by Bartolomeo Pacca, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, with Pier Francesco Galleffi, Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, and Tommasso Arezzo, Cardinal Bishop of Sabina, acting as co-consecrators.
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