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Antonio Collalto
Antonio Collalto may refer to: * Antonio Collalto (dramatist), Italian actor and dramatist * Antonio Collalto (mathematician), Italian mathematician See also * Collalto (other) {{hndis, Collalto, Antonio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Collalto (dramatist)
Antonio Collalto (1713 – 5 July 1778) was an Italian actor and writer, mainly of comedies in Commedia dell'arte (; ; ) was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Italian theatre, that was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries. It was formerly called Italian comedy in English and is also known as , , and . Charact ... style. Collalto was born in Florence. As a young man, he was a soldier, but he afterwards became an actor, often playing the masked role of Pantalone. He also wrote many plays for his theater including ''il Pantalone avaro'' (The Jealous Pantalone); ''il Pantalone ringiovanito'' (The Rejuvenated Pantalone); ''la Famiglia in Discordia'' (The Family in Discord); ''il Pantalone padre severo'' (Pantalone the Strict Father); ''il Ritorno il'Argentina'' (The Return from Argentina); and finally ''Tre gemelli veneziani'' (Three Venetian Twins); in four acts from 1775. This latter comedy was very popular and was translated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Collalto (mathematician)
Antonio Collalto (21 or 22 April 1765, Venice – 16 July 1820, Padua) was an Italian mathematician and physicist. Life He was from a modest and otherwise unrecorded family. According to Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna, his surname did not indicate a connection with the house of Collalto but instead his status as a Jewish convert to Catholicism in his youth. He was unable to study at the Patriarchate of Venice, Patriarchal Seminary of Venice, run by the Somaschi Fathers, and gained a scientific education from the physicist Vincenzo Miotti. He completed his studies and then became a priest. In 1795 he became professor of maths and physics in the public schools of Venice. In 1806 he became professor of 'introduzione al calcolo sublime' (introductory sublime calculus) and geodesy at the University of Padua, but was sacked when the Austrian Empire took back control in 1814 for his reputation as a Jacobin. From 1815 onwards he was a member of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze. Selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
