Giuseppe Boccaccio

	Giuseppe Boccaccio Giuseppe Boccaccio (1790/91, Colorno - 5 February 1852, Parma) was an Italian painter and scenographer. Biography His father, Girolamo Boccaccio, was a musician, associated with the opera. While still very young, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, noticed his drawing talents and offered to help finance his studies. Ferdinand died in 1802 but, by then, he had established himself as a student, and he received support from his teacher, . In 1814, after three years of service in the Army, he married Maddalena Guatteri. They would have two sons, who devoted themselves to musical careers. He soon became a well-known landscape painter and, in 1817, was named an honorary Academic at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma. For economic reasons, he also did scenographic work for several private and public theaters. In 1819, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, chose him as her painting instructor and appointed him set designer for the New Ducal Theatre. For its inauguration, he created several ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes simply known as "the Certaldese" and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century. Some scholars (including Vittore Branca) define him as the greatest European prose writer of his time, a versatile writer who amalgamated different literary trends and genres, making them converge in original works, thanks to a creative activity exercised under the banner of experimentalism. His most notable works are ''The Decameron'', a collection of short stories which in the following centuries was a determining element for the Italian literary tradition, especially after Pietro Bembo elevated the Boccaccian style to a model of Italian prose in the sixteenth century, and ''On Famous Women''. He wrot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	La Scala La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri's ''Europa riconosciuta''. Most of Italy's greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from around the world, have appeared at La Scala. The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres globally. It is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala Theatre Ballet, La Scala Theatre Orchestra, and the Filarmonica della Scala orchestra. The theatre also has an associate school, known as the La Scala Theatre Academy ( it, Accademia Teatro alla Scala, links=no), which offers professional training in music, dance, stagecraft, and stage management. Overview La Scala's season opens on 7 December, Saint Ambrose's Day, the feast day of Milan's patron saint. All performances must end befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Istituto Dell'Enciclopedia Italiana The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language encyclopaedia. The publication ''Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout The Ages'' regards it as one of the greatest encyclopaedias along with the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and others. History The first edition was published serially between 1929 and 1936. In all, 35 volumes were published, plus one index volume. The set contained 60,000 articles and 50 million words. Each volume is approximately 1,015 pages, and 37 supplementary volumes were published between 1938 and 2015. The director was Giovanni Gentile and redactor-in-chief . Most of the articles are signed with the initials of the author. An essay credited to Benito Mussolini entitled "The Doctrine of Fascism" was included in the 1932 edition of the encyclopedia, although it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dizionario Biografico Degli Italiani The ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' ( en, Biographical Dictionary of the Italians) is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1925 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biographies of distinguished Italians. The entries are signed by their authors and provide a rich bibliography. History The work was conceived in 1925, to follow the model of similar works such as the German ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (1912, 56 volumes) or the British '' Dictionary of National Biography'' (from 2004 the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''; 60 volumes). It is planned to include biographical entries on Italians who deserve to be preserved in history and who lived at any time during the long period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the present. As director of the Treccani, Giovanni Gentile entrusted the task of coordinating the work of drafting to Fortunato Pintor, who was soon joined by Arsenio Frugoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Museo Glauco Lombardi The Museo Lombardi is a museum displaying an eclectic collection of 19th-century art and cultural works from Parma. It is located in the Palazzo di Riserva on Strada Garibaldi #5 in central Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The museum was created by the efforts of Glauco Lombardi (1881–1971) to collect, study, and conserve the artistic and documentary heritage of 19th-century Parma under the Bourbons (1748–1802, 1847–1859) and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1816–1847). Many of these items were largely scattered during the period of Italian Unification in various residences of the Savoy family. Lombardi often recovered the works from the antiquary market or in private collections. From 1915 to 1943, the original nucleus of the Museo Lombardi was housed in the ballroom and adjacent rooms of the Ducal Palace of Colorno. In 1934, Lombardi was able to buy for the museum the precious objects that had belonged to Duchess Marie Louise, grandmother of the then owner, count Gio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Giuseppe Alinovi Giuseppe Alinovi ( Parma, February 25, 1811 – Parma, August 9, 1848) was an Italian painter, mainly painting vedute in a Neoclassical style, often in light watercolors. The Italian composer and court organist Giuseppe Alinovi (1790 - 1869) was his father. Biography He trained under Giuseppe Boccaccio (1792 – 1852) in Parma. His depiction of the ''Fortress of San Vitale in Fontanellato'' is presently in the Museo Rocca Sanvitale (Art Museum) in Fontanellato. His painting of the Palazzo Ducale di Parma (1833-1834) is found in the art collections of the Fondazione Cariparma. For an 1839 album of views of Parma, he painted ''La strada da Parma a Pontremoli'' and a ''Veduta d'Ischia''. In the National Gallery at Parma, are two small oil paintings: ''Strada di villaggio con una chiesa a sinistra'' and ''Villaggio sui monti''; at the Museo Glauco Lombardi are ''Il Castello di Fontanellato'', and various watercolors, including: ''Il Palazzo Ducale di Parma'', ''The Duke's Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Giacomo Giacopelli Giacomo Giacopelli (27 January 1808 – 2 April 1893) was an Italian painter and scenic designer, active in Parma and Piacenza. He was born in Parma, and trained under Giuseppe Boccaccio, whom he succeeded as scenographer for the Teatro di Parma from 1839 to 1851. Giacopelli collaborated from 1840-1844 with Nicola Aquila, and with Magnani (1848). In 1857, he was named instructor of perspective at the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma. Together with Vincenzo Bertolotti and Giacomo Gelati they completed the decoration of the ''Teatro di Verdi'' located in Fiorenzuola d’Arda, which opened in 1853. Few works of Giacopelli remain, including his depiction of the ''Interior of the Duomo of Parma during the blessing of the flag of the National Guard'', and the ''Atrium of the Palazzo della Pilotta'' in Parma. He painted some of the quadratura behind the mains altars of the churches of Santa Cristina, Parma, Santa Cristina and San Rocco, Parma, San Rocco. Enrico Prati was one of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]