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Lodovico De Bianchi
Lodovico is an Italian masculine given name, and may refer to: * Cigoli (1559–1613), Italian painter and architect * Lodovico, Count Corti (1823–1888), Italian diplomat * Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590), Italian composer * Lodovico Altieri (1805–1867), Italian cardinal * Lodovico Balbi (1540–1604), Italian composer * Lodovico Belluzzi (19th century), Captain Regent of San Marino * Lodovico Bertucci (17th century), Italian painter * Lodovico Campalastro, Italian painter * Lodovico Castelvetro (circa 1505–1571), Italian literary critic * Lodovico di Breme (1780–1820), Italian writer * Lodovico Dolce (1508–1568), Italian humanist * Lodovico Ferrari (1522–1565), Italian mathematician * Lodovico Filippo Laurenti (1693–1757), Italian composer * Lodovico Fumicelli (16th century), Italian painter * Lodovico Gallina (1752–1787), Italian painter * Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743), Italian composer * Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (circa 1560–1627), Italian composer * Lodov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cigoli
Lodovico Cardi (21 September 1559 – 8 June 1613), also known as Cigoli, was an Italian painter and architect of the late Mannerist and early Baroque period, trained and active in his early career in Florence, and spending the last nine years of his life in Rome. Biography Lodovico Cardi was born at Villa Castelvecchio in Cigoli, Tuscany, whence the name by which he is commonly known. Initially, Cigoli trained in Florence under the fervid mannerist Alessandro Allori, and studied the works of Michelangelo, Correggio, Andrea del Sarto and Pontormo. Later, influenced by the most prominent of the " Counter-''Maniera''" painters, Santi di Tito, as well as by Barocci, Cigoli shed the shackles of mannerism and infused his later paintings with an expressionism often lacking from 16th-century Florentine painting. For the Roman patron, Massimo Massimi, he painted an '' Ecce Homo'' (now in Palazzo Pitti). Supposedly unbeknownst to any of the painters, two other prominent contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Gallina
Lodovico Gallina (25 August 1752 – 4 January 1787) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia. Born to poor parents in Brescia, he was initially a pupil of Antonio Dusi. Under the patronage of Luigi Chizzola and Faustino Lechi, he was sent to be instructed in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. He painted an altarpiece depicting ''Saints Ignatius of Loyola and Fillippo Neri'' for the church of Acquafredda. He painted a ''Young Jesus disputes doctors at the temple'' for the church in Bedizzole. A painter by the name Gallo Gallina (1796-1874) was active in Lombardy in the 19th century, but it is unclear if they are related. Pastellist Anna Pasetti Anna Pasetti was an Italian pastellist active between 1800 and 1806. Pasetti, a deafmute, lived in Venice and assisted Lodovico Gallina, Jacopo Guarana, and Pietro Tantin as a copyist of both paintings and engravings. Giovanni Antonio Moschini ... was active as a copyist in Gallina's studio. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othello
''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cyprus, a possession of the Venetian Republic since 1489. The port city of Famagusta finally fell to the Ottomans in 1571 after a protracted siege. The story revolves around two characters, Othello and Iago. Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a general of the Venetian army in defence of Cyprus against invasion by Ottoman Turks. He has recently married Desdemona, a beautiful and wealthy Venetian lady much younger than himself, against the wishes of her father. Iago is Othello's malevolent ensign, who maliciously stokes his master's jealousy until the usually stoic Moor kills his beloved wife in a fit of blind rage. Due to its enduring themes of passion, jealousy, and race, ''Othello'' is still topical and popular a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Zacconi
Lodovico (or Ludovico) Zacconi (11 June 1555 – 23 March 1627) was an Italian composer and musical theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He worked as a singer, theologian, and writer on music in northern Italy and Austria; for a time he was in the employ of Archduke Karl of Graz, and worked in Graz and Vienna. Biography Born in Pesaro, in the Marche, Zacconi became an Augustinian friar at Venice, where he was ordained priest. In 1577 he was in Venice studying at the church of San Stefano, and at some point in the following six years he was accepted by Andrea Gabrieli as a student of counterpoint. In 1584 he auditioned at San Marco as a singer, and was accepted; however he seems to have declined the position. Also at this time he met Zarlino, the prominent Venetian School theorist; he was to mention the meeting in the second part of his ''Prattica di musica'' (1622). On 20 July 1585, he joined the musical establishment of Archduke Karl of Graz, a posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Trevisan
Ludovico Trevisan (November 1401 – March 22, 1465) was an Italian catholic prelate, who was the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Patriarch of Aquileia and Captain General of the Church. He succeeded his rival Giovanni Vitelleschi, a fellow cardinal of military talent and inclination, as Bishop of Traù and Metropolitan Archbishop of Florence.Chambers, 2006, p. 45. Trevisan was also known as the Cardinal of Aquileia and the Cardinal Camerlengo. Early life Trevisan was born into a non-military family in Padua, then in the territory of the Republic of Venice, the son of Biagio Trevisano, a doctor in the arts and medicine.Miranda, Salvador. 1998.Consistory of July 1, 1440 (IV)" Like other war cardinals, such as Niccolò Fortiguerra and Giuliano della Rovere, Trevisan came from a humble background. His mother's maiden name was Mezzarota. His first name is sometimes also rendered Ludovico, Luigi, Luise, and Alvise; his last name as Trevisano or Scarampi-Mezzarota. Trevisan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Rocca
Lodovico Rocca (29 November 1895, Turin – 24 June 1986, Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...) was an Italian composer. A pupil of Giacomo Orefice, his operas, written in late verismo style, met with some success in Italy but have been little performed elsewhere. They include; ''Morte di Frine'', ''In Terra di Leggenda'', ''Il Dibuk'', his most successful work, ''Monte Ivnòr'', and ''L'Uragano''. He was director of the Turin Conservatory from 1940 until 1966. Sources * ''The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta'', James Anderson, (Wings Books, 1993) ; Enciclopedia Treccani (http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/lodovico-rocca/) 1895 births 1986 deaths Musicians from Turin Italian opera composers Male opera composers Italian classical composers I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Ricci
Lodovico Ricci (1742–1799) was an Italian historian and economist. He was born in Chiari (modern Lombardy (man), (woman) lmo, lumbard, links=no (man), (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , ...), and held different posts in the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, chiefly connected with charity organisations and taxation. He published the geographical treaty ''Corografia dei Territori di Modena, Reggio e degli altri Stati già appartenenti alla Casa d'Este'', in which are described the main localities of the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. In 1787 he wrote also ''Riforma de' pii Istituti della Città di Modena'', a monograph with historic, economics and scientific statistics. References 1742 births 1799 deaths Writers from the Province of Brescia Italian economists 18th-century Italian historians {{Italy-econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Leoni
Lodovico Leoni (Padua, 1531 – Rome, 1606) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, mainly active in Rome. He was also a medallist, and coin-engraver. Other sources cite his name as Luigi Leone Biography He was born at Padua. He was also called ''il Padovadino''. He spent most of his life in Rome, where he died, and executed portraits in wax, besides painting in oil and fresco landscapes and historical subjects. He was active as a portraitist during the papacy of Paul V Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death in January 1621. In 1611, he honored .... He was in demand for wax portraits as well as painted portraits. His son, of the same name, nickname and career, was born in Rome, and died at the age of 52 years. Baglione refers to his son as Ottavio. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Lazzarelli
Ludovico Lazzarelli (4 February 1447 – 23 June 1500) was an Italian poet, philosopher, courtier, hermeticist and (likely) magician and diviner of the early Renaissance. Born at San Severino Marche, he had contact with many important thinkers of his time and above all with the preacher and hermeticist Giovanni Mercurio da Correggio. Himself a follower of hermetism, Lazzarelli also translated the ''Corpus Hermeticum'', a translation which follows and enlarges the hermetic texts previously translated and collected by Marsilio Ficino. Biography The most important document for reconstructing Lazzarelli's biography is the ''Vita Lodovici Lazzarelli Septempedani poetae laureati per Philippum fratrem ad Angelum Colotium'' written by Lazzarelli's brother Filippo. This text addressed to the humanist Angelo Colocci was written immediately after Lazzarelli's death. The ''Vita'' is characterized by an hagiographic tone and pays particular attention to the author's literary endeavors while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Guicciardini
Lodovico Guicciardini (19 August 1521 – 22 March 1589) was an Italian writer and merchant from Florence who lived primarily in Antwerp from 1542 or earlier. He was the nephew of historian and diplomat Francesco Guicciardini. ''Description of the Low Countries'' His best-known work, the ''Descrittione di Lodovico Guicciardini patritio fiorentino di tutti i Paesi Bassi altrimenti detti Germania inferiore'' (1567, ''Description of the Low Countries''), was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps by various leading engravers. Death Guicciardini died in Antwerp in 1589; he was buried there in the Cathedral of Our Lady. Gallery File:Guicciardini Map of 's-Hertogenbosch.png File:Guicciardini Map of Amsterdam.png File:Guicciardini Map of Antwerp.png File:Guicciardini Map of Belgium and Netherlands.png File:Guicciardini Map of Brabant.png File:Guicciardini Map of Bruges.png File:Guicciardini Map of Brussels.png File:Guicciar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Grossi Da Viadana
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (usually Lodovico Viadana, though his family name was Grossi; c. 1560 – 2 May 1627) was an Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observants. He was the first significant figure to make use of the newly developed technique of figured bass, one of the musical devices which was to define the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras in music. Life He was born in Viadana, a town in the province of Mantua (Italy). According to a document dating from about 150 years after his death, he was a member of the Grossi family but took the name of his birth city, Viadana, when he entered the order of the Minor Observants prior to 1588. Though there is no contemporary evidence, it has been claimed that he studied with Costanzo Porta, becoming choirmaster at the cathedral in Mantua by 1594. In 1597 he went to Rome, and in 1602 he became choirmaster at the cathedral of San Luca in Mantua. He held a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovico Giustini
Lodovico Giustini (12 December 1685 – 7 February 1743) was an Italian composer and keyboard player of the late Baroque and early Classical eras. He was the first known composer ever to write music for the piano. Life Giustini was born in Pistoia, of a family of musicians which can be traced back to the early 17th century; coincidentally he was born in the same year as Bach, Scarlatti, and Handel. Giustini's father was organist at the Congregazione dello Spirito Santo, a Jesuit-affiliated group, and an uncle, Domenico Giustini, was also a composer of sacred music. In 1725, on his father's death, Giustini became organist at the Congregazione dello Spirito Santo, and acquired a reputation there as a composer of sacred music: mostly cantatas and oratorios. In 1728 he collaborated with Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari on a set of Lamentations which were performed that year. In 1734 he was hired as organist at S Maria dell'Umiltà , the Cathedral of Pistoia, a position he held for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
