Arnolfo di Cambio
13th century Italian architect and sculptor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arnolfo di Cambio[1] (c. 1240 – 1300/1310[2]) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Duecento, who began as a lead assistant to Nicola Pisano. He is documented as being capomaestro or Head of Works for Florence Cathedral in 1300,[3] and designed the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333).
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Arnolfo di Cambio | |
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Born | Arnolfo di Lapo 1232/1240 |
Died | (1302-03-08)8 March 1302/1310 |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation(s) | Architect and sculptor |
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By the end of his career he evidently had one or more workshops of some size, producing work with considerable stylistic variation, and distinguishing his personal hand can be difficult.[4]