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Campagnola , Giulio
(
c.
1482–
c.
1518).
Italian artist, active mainly as an engraver. Born in Padua, he trained under
Mantegna
in Mantua, and by 1499 was attached to the ducal court at Ferrara. In 1509 he was in Venice and it is with this city that he is chiefly associated, his engravings of idyllic landscape subjects playing a major role in spreading the style of
Giorgione
and
Titian
. His many copies after
Dürer
likewise disseminated knowledge of this artist in Italy. Giulio's pupil and adopted son,
Domenico
(
c.
1500–64), made some engravings in the manner of his master, but became better known as a painter and draughtsman. He sold his drawings (mainly landscapes) as finished compositions, sometimes passing them off as the work of Titian. In the 1520s he moved to Padua and became the city's busiest painter.
c.
1482–
c.
1518).
Italian artist, active mainly as an engraver. Born in Padua, he trained under
Mantegna
in Mantua, and by 1499 was attached to the ducal court at Ferrara. In 1509 he was in Venice and it is with this city that he is chiefly associated, his engravings of idyllic landscape subjects playing a major role in spreading the style of
Giorgione
and
Titian
. His many copies after
Dürer
likewise disseminated knowledge of this artist in Italy. Giulio's pupil and adopted son,
Domenico
(
c.
1500–64), made some engravings in the manner of his master, but became better known as a painter and draughtsman. He sold his drawings (mainly landscapes) as finished compositions, sometimes passing them off as the work of Titian. In the 1520s he moved to Padua and became the city's busiest painter.
Campania , Pedro de
(1503–80).
Netherlandish painter, active mainly in Seville and known by the Spanish form of his name rather than the Flemish one, Pieter de Kempeneer . Before settling in Seville he had worked in Italy and he exercised a strong influence in Andalusia as a pioneer of
Mannerism
and the style of
Raphael
. Several of his paintings are in Seville Cathedral. In 1562 he left Spain to direct a tapestry factory at Brussels, his native city.
Netherlandish painter, active mainly in Seville and known by the Spanish form of his name rather than the Flemish one, Pieter de Kempeneer . Before settling in Seville he had worked in Italy and he exercised a strong influence in Andalusia as a pioneer of
Mannerism
and the style of
Raphael
. Several of his paintings are in Seville Cathedral. In 1562 he left Spain to direct a tapestry factory at Brussels, his native city.
Campbell , Steven
.
.
Campen , Jacob van
(1595–1657).
Dutch architect and painter. He was the greatest Dutch architect of the 17th cent. and occupied a role in his country similar to that of his contemporary Inigo
Jones
in England by introducing a fully mature classical style; the contemporary diplomat Constantin Huygens described him as the man ‘who vanquished Gothic folly with Roman stateliness and drove old heresy forth before an older truth’. His most important building is Amsterdam Town Hall (begun 1648), a triumphant symbol of the city during its greatest period. The building was richly decorated; Artus
Quellin I
led a team of sculptors, and
Rembrandt
was among those who provided paintings, although his
Conspiracy of Julius Civilis
(Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1661–2) was removed soon after installation and replaced with a picture by his pupil Juriaen Ovens (1623–78). Van Campen's other buildings include the beautiful
Mauritshuis
in The Hague (1633–5), designed as a royal palace and now a celebrated picture gallery. As a painter he concentrated on historical and decorative work and was one of the team, including
Jordaens
and
Lievens
, who worked on the decoration of the Huis ten Bosch, the royal villa on the outskirts of The Hague.
Dutch architect and painter. He was the greatest Dutch architect of the 17th cent. and occupied a role in his country similar to that of his contemporary Inigo
Jones
in England by introducing a fully mature classical style; the contemporary diplomat Constantin Huygens described him as the man ‘who vanquished Gothic folly with Roman stateliness and drove old heresy forth before an older truth’. His most important building is Amsterdam Town Hall (begun 1648), a triumphant symbol of the city during its greatest period. The building was richly decorated; Artus
Quellin I
led a team of sculptors, and
Rembrandt
was among those who provided paintings, although his
Conspiracy of Julius Civilis
(Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1661–2) was removed soon after installation and replaced with a picture by his pupil Juriaen Ovens (1623–78). Van Campen's other buildings include the beautiful
Mauritshuis
in The Hague (1633–5), designed as a royal palace and now a celebrated picture gallery. As a painter he concentrated on historical and decorative work and was one of the team, including
Jordaens
and
Lievens
, who worked on the decoration of the Huis ten Bosch, the royal villa on the outskirts of The Hague.
Campin , Robert
.
.
Canadian Group of Painters
.
.
A group of 20th-cent. Canadian artists formed in Toronto as a successor to the
Group of Seven
. Its policy was ‘to encourage and foster the growth of art in Canada which has a national character’. Many of the best-known Canadian artists exhibited with the group between its first exhibition in 1933 and its disbanding in 1969.
Group of Seven
. Its policy was ‘to encourage and foster the growth of art in Canada which has a national character’. Many of the best-known Canadian artists exhibited with the group between its first exhibition in 1933 and its disbanding in 1969.
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