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Summary Article: Peruzzi, Baldassare
from The Columbia Encyclopedia

(bäldäs-sä'rā pārōt'tsē), 1481–1536, Italian architect and painter of the High Renaissance and mannerist periods. His outstanding architectural works are the Villa Farnesina (c.1505–c.1511) and the Palazzo Massimi (c.1535) in Rome. He also did architectural and painting projects for the Vatican and succeeded Raphael in 1520 as architect of St. Peter's. In painting, his use of perspective illusionism and classical figures may be seen at the Villa Farnesina, while a turn toward mannerist composition and spatial arrangement is visible in Presentation of the Virgin (c.1518; Santa Maria della Pace, Rome). In both architecture and painting Peruzzi adapted forms derived from ancient art to his own elegant and sophisticated style.

  • See study by R. N. Adams (1977);.
  • biography by W. W. Kent (1925).
"Peruzzi, Baldassare." In The Columbia Encyclopedia, by Paul Lagasse, and Columbia University. 8th ed. Columbia University Press, 2018. https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/peruzzi_baldassare_1481_1536
Peruzzi, Baldassare. (2018). In P. Lagasse & Columbia University, The Columbia encyclopedia. (8th ed.). [Online]. New York: Columbia University Press. Available from: https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/peruzzi_baldassare_1481_1536 [Accessed 16 October 2018].
"Peruzzi, Baldassare." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Paul Lagasse, and Columbia University, Columbia University Press, 8th edition, 2018. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/peruzzi_baldassare_1481_1536. Accessed 16 Oct. 2018.
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