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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...
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    Gonzaga, Robert Bellarmine, and John Berchmans are buried in the church. Andrea Pozzo, a Jesuit lay brother, painted the grandiose fresco that stretches across...
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    Guido Pozzo (born 26 December 1951) is a Catholic prelate and an official of the Roman Curia. Pozzo was born near Trieste, Italy. He entered the Almo...
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  • Picchio dal Pozzo are an Italian progressive rock band formed in Genoa in 1976. The activity of Picchio dal Pozzo has been quite erratic, with five albums...
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  • Raimondo del Pozzo (17 January 1622 – 30 October 1694) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vieste (1668–1694). Raimondo del Pozzo was born...
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    transept and is the church's masterpiece, designed by Andrea Pozzo between 1696 and 1700. The altar by Pozzo shows the Trinity on top of a globe. The lapis lazuli...
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    again in 1501 by Nicola di Jacopo, weight 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) 7th bell: Dal Pozzo, cast in 1606 and again in 2004, weight 652 kg (1,437 lb) Number of steps...
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    trompe-l'œil is the illusionistic dome in the Jesuit church, Vienna, by Andrea Pozzo, which is only slightly curved, but gives the impression of true architecture...
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    commission for this gilt copper ball [atop the lantern] went to the sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio, in whose workshop there was at this time a young apprentice...
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    the oculus in Andrea Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi, or the illusion of an architectural space such as the cupola, one of Andrea Pozzo's frescoes in Sant'Ignazio...
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