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Benedetto Antelami
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Antelami, Benedetto 

Born circa 1150; died circa 1230. Italian sculptor and architect. An outstanding master of Romanesque sculpture. He was influenced by the plastic an of southern France.

Antelami worked mainly in Parma, where he began (in 1196), and carried out a substantial part of a sculptured decoration of the Baptistery. He also created the relief The Descent From the Cross (1178) for the city cathedral.

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De Francovich, G. Benedetto Antelami .... vols. 1–2. Milan-Florence, 1952. (Bibliography.)
Toesca, P. II Battistero di Parma. . . .Milan, 1960
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A brief introduction comments on the native Romanesque masters Wiligelmo and Antelami, setting the stage for what she regards as the "fundamental classicism of the Italian tradition, or rather traditions" (19).
Italian Gothic Sculpture: c. 1250-c. 1400. (Reviews) by Janson-La Palme, Robert J.H. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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