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"The Circus Cyclone is a 1925 American Western film written and directed by Albert S. Rogell. The film stars Art Acord, Moe McCrea, Nancy Deaver, Cesare Gravina, Albert J. Smith and Hilliard Karr. The film was released on October 4, 1925, by Universal Pictures. ==Cast== *Art Acord as Jack Manning *Moe McCrea as Eczema Jackson *Nancy Deaver as Doraldina *Cesare Gravina as Pepe *Albert J. Smith as Steve Brant *Hilliard Karr as Fatty *Frank Austin as Joe Dokes *Gertrude Howard as Mrs. Jackson *Jim Corey as Greasey *Ben Corbett as Referee *Rex the Dog as Rex *Raven the Horse as Omar ==References== ==External links== * Category:1925 films Category:American films Category:English- language films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1925 Western (genre) films Category:Universal Pictures films Category:Films directed by Albert S. Rogell Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films "
"Fra Angelico in the Refectory of San Domenico Lorenzo Gelati (26 January 1824, Florence - 18 May 1895, Florence) was an Italian painter; primarily of landscapes. == Biography == His father was a sculptor and his mother worked as a seamstress. Abandoning his liberal arts education to begin painting, he studied with Carlo Marco, who had arrived in Florence during the 1830s.Bianchi; biography in the DBI. He expressed an early interest in landscapes and genre scenes. His first exhibition came in 1847. He remained a frequent and enthusiastic exhibitor throughout his life. He participated, briefly, in the activities of the ; a group devoted to painting realistic landscapes en plein aire, which included his teacher's sons; Carlo Marco, the Younbger, and Andrea Marco. He also frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo, where he came into contact with the Macchiaioli. Although he never joined their movement, he was in accord with their use of color, as it relates to areas of light and shadow. The scope of his work was often not appreciated as, after his death, many of his paintings (apparently unsigned) were attributed to artists such as Giuseppe Abbati, Raffaello Sernesi and Odoardo Borrani.Giuseppe Luigi Marini, Il valore dei dipinti dell'Ottocento, Turin, Umberto Allemandi editore, 2005 The current locations of many of the works he sold in exhibition are not known. == References == == Further reading == * Biography by Emanuela Bianchi, from the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani @ Treccani * * Silvestra Bietoletti, I macchiaioli: la storia, gli artisti, le opere, 2001, Editore Giunti ==External links== * More works by Gelati @ ArtNet Category:1824 births Category:1895 deaths Category:Italian painters Category:Italian landscape painters Category:Florentine painters "
"Distal view of Fortress Moat, walls, and view of entrance portal Entrance portal with Medici coat of arms The Fortress of Santa Barbara (Fortezza di Santa Barbara) is a 14th-century urban castle erected to house troops guarding the town of Pistoia, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. While it is suggested that initially the fortress was named after a nearby church of Saint Barnabas, however, Saint Barbara is the patron saint of artillerymen. The initial fortress was erected in 1331, after the Florentine Republic had defeated the forces of Castruccio Castracani, and reconsolidated their power over Pistoia. In 1531, under the designs of Nanni Unghero, the fortress was enlarged, but subsequently during the rule of the Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici the fortress was further enhanced, initially by Giovanni Battista Belluci, and subsequently by construction of a perimeter wall under the design of Bernardo Buontalenti. Similar fortress buildings by the Medici ruler took place throughout Tuscany, including the similarly named Fortezza di Santa Barbara in Siena in 1561–63. Unghero's fortress had been a simple moated quadrilateral, but Buontalenti linked the structure to the city wall. The fortress was only besieged in 1643, when the armies of the Pope Urban VIII Barberini unsuccessfully attacked the city. In the late 18th-century, Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo I, relieved the fortress of its role in the city defences, changing the main functions to work as barracks. In subsequent decades it also served as a jail. In 1970, much-needed restoration work was begun.Comune of Pistoia, entry on fortress. The fortress chapel has some Baroque era frescoes. Presently surrounding land serves as parkland and the ramparts have views of town and surrounding territory. ==Sources== Category:Castles in Tuscany Category:Buildings and structures in Pistoia Category:Renaissance architecture in Tuscany "