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Pe·ru·gi·no

 (pĕr′ə-jē′nō, pĕ′ro͞o-) Originally Pietro Vannucci. 1445-1523?
Italian painter whose best-known work is a fresco in the Sistine Chapel, Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter (1481-1482).
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Perugino

(Italian peruˈdʒino)
n
(Biography) Il (il), real name Pietro Vannucci. 1446–1523, Italian painter; master of Raphael. His works include the fresco Christ giving the Keys to Peter in the Sistine Chapel, Rome
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Pe•ru•gi•no

(ˌpɛr uˈdʒi noʊ)
n.
(Pietro Vannucci), 1446–1524, Italian painter.
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Perkins, holding himself oddly as he always did, like a figure in one of Perugino's pictures, drew his fingers thoughtfully through his beard.
We discoursed a long time, madame, on different subjects; of Perugino, of Raffaelle, of manners, customs, of the famous aquatofana, of which they had told you, I think you said, that certain individuals in Perugia had preserved the secret."
His two newly discovered half-sisters kept the good stuff and palmed off on him what they thought was a graceless painting of an angel, signed by Perugino. Costamagna's mentor, Sylvie Beguin, helped determine that it was, in fact, an early Raphael.
The colors were inspired by the chromatic palette of historical masterpieces from Klimt, Monet and Perugino. They are presented in a specific color sequence that structures the work, giving balance and symmetry across the varying chromatic bands in a visual mirroring effect.
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Among the individual topics are medieval and Byzantine sources for Renaissance works, a critical analysis of Calvo's translation of Vitruvius' De Architectura, the patronage of Julius II, and the decoration of the Stanza dell-Incendio by Perugino and Raphael.
The range covered is impressive: the text begins with cavemen's drawings and ends with contemporary Indian art and in between one finds the entire wealth of art defined in its widest sense, from Egyptian wall paintings to Constable and from Perugino to Warhol.