- Paolo Romano
Paolo Romano (ca.1445-ca.1470), also known as Paolo Tuccone and as Paolo di Mariano di Tuccio Taccone was an Italian
renaissance sculptor.Giorgio Vasari in his "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects " recounts thatPaolo Romano was a modest man whose sculpture was far superior to that of his boastful contemporaryMino del Reame .The
Vatican Museums andSant'Andrea della Valle in Rome have a sculpture by Paolo Romano.External links
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/paolo_romano.html Paolo Romano in ArtCyclopedia]
* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/paolo/romano/index.html Paolo Romano in the Web Gallery of Art]References
* Bessone-Aurelj, A.M., "Dizionario degli scultori ed architetti italiani", Genova, Società anonima editrice D. Alighieri, 1947.
* "Encyclopedia of World Art", New York, McGraw-Hill, 1959-1987.
* Seymour, Charles, "Sculpture in Italy, 1400-1500", Baltimore, Maryland, Penguin, 1968.
* Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, editors, "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart", Reprint of 1907 edition, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980-1986.
* Vasari, Giorgio, "Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori", many editions and translations.
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