Pietro Baseggio was a fourteenth-century

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and

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

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. In 1361, he was named superintendent of construction for the

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, and helped in construction along with

Filippo Calendario Filippo Calendario (died 16 April 1355 in Venice, Italy) was an architect, a designer of the 14th century Doge's Palace, Venice. He was executed for treason. Design of Doge's Palace By the end of the 13th century the existing Doge's Palace in Ve ...

References

*John Ruskin. ''Stones of Venice''. 14th-century Italian architects 14th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Republic of Venice architects Gothic architects {{Italy-architect-stub