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Odoardo Covoni
Odoardo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Odoardo Barri (1844–1920), the pseudonym of Edward Slater *Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920), Italian naturalist, discovered the titan arum in Sumatra in 1878 *Odoardo Borrani (1833–1905), Italian painter associated with the Macchiaioli group *Juan Manuel Cajigal y Odoardo (1803–1856), Venezuelan mathematician, engineer and statesman *Odoardo Farnese (cardinal) (1573–1626), Italian nobleman, son of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Maria of Portugal * Alessandro di Odoardo Farnese, Prince of Parma (1635–1689), Italian military leader, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 to 1682 *Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (1612–1646), also known as Odoardo I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1622 to 1646 *Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma (1666–1693), the son and heir of Duke Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza *Odoardo Fialetti (1573–1638), Italian painter and printmake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Barri
Odoardo Barri (13 September 1844 – January 1920) was the pseudonym of Edward Slater. He was born in Dublin and became a composer, music teacher and an oratorio singer in Italy and Spain.see IMSLP After working in Italy and Spain, he opened a music school in London and ran it for 50 years. He claimed to have been born in Como and that he had fought at Solferino. His most notable composition was "The Old Brigade" with words by Frederick Weatherly Frederic Edward Weatherly, KC (4 October 1848 – 7 September 1929) was an English lawyer, author, lyricist and broadcaster. He was christened and brought up using the name Frederick Edward Weatherly, and appears to have adopted the spelling 'F .... His other works include a Mass for the King of Spain and about 1500 songs, including "The Shadow of the Cross", "Saved From the Storm", "The Good Shepherd", "The Armourer’s Gift" and "Birdie’s Nest". He also wrote the operettas: "M.D." (1879), "Our Amateur Theatricals" (1894) and "That ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Focherini
Odoardo Focherini (sometimes referred to as Edward Focherini; 6 June 1907 – 27 December 1944) was an Italian Roman Catholic journalist. He issued false documents to Jews during World War II in order for them to escape the Nazi regime but was arrested and sent to a concentration camp where he later died. Yad Vashem later recognized him as a Righteous Among the Nations in 1969 for his efforts. Focherini's beatification was held on 15 June 2013 in Modena under Pope Francis who had Cardinal Angelo Amato preside over the celebration on his behalf. Life Odoardo Focherini was born on 6 June 1907 in Modena as the third son of Tobia Focherini and Maria Bertacchini; his father married Teresa Merigi in 1909 after Focherini's mother died. He had three brothers. Focherini met Maria Marchesi (1909–1989) while he was on vacation in Trento, and they became engaged in 1925. They married on 9 July 1930 and had seven children together between 1931 and 1943. The children in order of birth were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Vicinelli
Odoardo Vicinelli (1684–1755) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. He trained under Giovanni Maria Morandi of Florence. In Rome he also worked with Pietro Nelli Pietro Nelli (1672 – after 1730) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. He was born in Massa, where he had been a pupil of Giovanni Maria Morandi in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , .... He painted a ''Madonna and Child with Saints Ignatius, Francesco Borgia, Stanislao Kostka, Aloysius Gonzaga, Francis Xavier, and the blessed Claudio Acquaviva'' now at the Diocesan Museum next the Sermoneta Cathedral. References * 1684 births 1755 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Toscani
Odoardo Toscani (19 December 1859 Р13 June 1914) was an Italian painter, mainly of portraits and battle scenes, genre scenes and Orientalist themes. Life and career He was born in Rome in 1859 from David Toscani (a professor of Forensic Law and dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Rome La Sapienza) and Augusta Leonini-Pignotti (a noblewoman). He graduated in Law from the University of Rome. He undertook a career as a diplomat and later in life traveled to Tunisia, Turkey and to Egypt where he served as Consul General in representation of the Kingdom of Italy. He was a painter who focused primarily on battle scenes, and paintings of orientalist themes. Among his works: ''Crimea, August 15, 1855'', was presented at Exposition of Turin of 1883. Among other military themed paintings: ''In Marcia''; ''L'Alt'', and ''Le Grandi Manovre''. ''Un Et̬ra'' was exhibited in Rome in 1883. He was also a writer and intellectual figure, whose writings included short stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Tabacchi
Odoardo Tabacchi (Valganna, 19 December 1836 - Milan, 23 March 1905) was an Italian sculptor. Biography He trained in the Brera Academy starting in 1845, from here he studied with other sculptors in Milan, Rome (where in 1851 he wins a three-year stipend), Florence, and Naples. From 1860 to 1868 he opened a studio in Milan, afterwards he moved to Turin, where he became professor of the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts. He was known for making copies of classic statuary, busts and reliefs. In 1870, in Parma he displayed a statue depicting: ''La Peri''. In 1872, he exhibited in Milan ''L Hypatria'' (Naples, 1877). He also completed a larger than life marble, later bronze, statue of ''Arnaldo da Brescia'', exhibited in Turin in 1880. He made a portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti for the 1883 Roman Exhibition. In Turin in 1884, he exhibited a sculptural group titled ''Libro pericoloso''; and three busts ''Fiori del Ballo'', Count ''Avogadro di Quaregna'', and ''Dreamland''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Spadaro
Odoardo Eugenio Giano Spadaro (16 January 1893 - 26 June 1965) was an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. Early life Spadaro was born in the quartiere of Santo Spirito in Florence, to Gustavo Spadaro and Mary Marchesini. Career He debuted on stage at seventeen years old and, taking the road into variety shows as a chansonnier, a fantasist and impersonator, he became an international celebrity when he replaced Maurice Chevalier at the Folies-Bergère in Paris. In 1927 he was protagonist alongside Viviane Romance and Jean Gabin of a very successful variety show at the Moulin Rouge. Regarded as the first great Italian singer-songwriter, Spadaro also wrote many successful songs dedicated to his home city in the 1930s and 40s including lyrics and music.; the best known of these being probably "Porta un bacione a Firenze" (Bring a Kiss to Florence). Spadoro acted in several films, usually in supporting roles and appeared in '' The Golden Coach'' (La carrozza d'oro) with Anna Magn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Di Santo
Odoardo Di Santo (born June 25, 1934) is a politician and administrator in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985, as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Background Di Santo was born in Rocca Pia, Italy, and educated at the University of Rome. In Rome, Di Santo was a professional journalist as well as Press Secretary for the Italian Minister of Industry and Commerce. He was a member of the Family Services Association of Metro Toronto in 1974-75, and was an advisor to the Board of Community Workers at George Brown College. Di Santo was also a founding member as well as a federal executive on the Congress of Italian-Canadians in this period. He was also a founding member of the Italian-Canadian Benevolent Corporation. He is married to Toronto city councillor Maria Augimeri. Politics He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Mike Spensieri by 68 votes in Downsview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Perini
Odoardo Perini (5 April 1671 – 29 December 1757) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period, active in Verona. Biography He first apprenticed with Andrea Voltolino. He then trained in Bologna under Giovanni Maria Viani. He painted a series of canvases of classical stories for the Count Ercole Giusti. He painted some religious canvases for the Colombini in Bologna. He was described by Carlo Ridolfi as having a ‘’very strange brain’’ with his paintings equally strange. The Fondazione Cariverona has a Perini canvas depicting ''Tancredo al campo crociato piange la morte di Clorinda'' (Tancred in the Crusader camp mourns the death of Clorinda), a work once part of series of depictions of ''Gerusalemma Liberata'' owned by Count Ercole Giusti in his Veronese palace. The series included a work each by Perini, Carl Loth, Antonio Bellucci, Antonio Fumiani, Gregorio Lazzarini Gregorio Lazzarini (1657 – 10 November 1730) was an Italian painter of mythological, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Gualandi
Odoardo Gualandi descended from an old and famous patrician family from Pisa. At the university of Bologna he graduated summa cum laude in civil and canon law. Career Gualandi was the private secretary of Cardinal Alfonso Carafa, Archbishop of Naples. In 1557, Pope Paul IV named him a Canon of the collegiate churches of Saints Stephen and Saint Felix in Aquileia. From 1557 till 1588 he was Bishop of Cesena in northern Italy. In that capacity Gualandi organized several synods. The synod in 1582 resulted in his first publication, ''Constitutiones, et decreta condita ab illustri...Adoardo Gualando...Caesenae''. 1584. In 1588 Gualandi retired and was succeeded as Bishop of Cesena by his nephew Camillo Gualandi. During his retirement he wrote his only known philosophical treatise, ''De civili facultate Libri XVI''. It was published by his nephew in 1598, i.e. a year after his death in Rome, 17 March 1597. The treatise shows Gualandi as an eclectic Aristotelian who attracted attentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Fischetti
Odoardo Fischetti (Naples, 1770/04/30 – Naples, 1827/11/15) was an Italian painter (first Kingdom of Naples and then Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) of landscapes and history paintings in a Neoclassical style. Biography Odoardo Maria Saverio was born in Naples on April the 30th of 1770, son of the court painter Fedele Fischetti and of Marianna Borrelli. He became a master of design at the Royal College of the Navy in 1809. In 1803–1804, he helped his father in the fresco decoration of the Palace of Portici. In 1805, he prepared some vedute in gouache depicting an ''Eruption at Vesuvius''. With the arrival of the French Napoleonic administration of Joachim Murat, he painted a series of historical canvases, including ''Murat from Massa Lubrense directs the capture of Capri'', and its companion ''Capture of Capri by French'' (1808). After the fall of Murat he continued to paint mainly sacred subjects including the 1821 ''Virgin, St Biagio, Andrea, Erasmo and Alfonso Maria de Liguor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Beccari
Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, particularly New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. His author abbreviation is when citing a botanical name. Life Youth and education (1843–1864) Odoardo Beccari was born in Florence as the third child of Giuseppe di Luigi Beccari and the first child of Antonietta Minucci. After he lost his mother in early infancy and his father in 1849, he was brought up by a maternal uncle Minuccio Minucci. From 1853–1861, he attended the prestigious secondary school Real Collegio in Lucca. Here, one of his teachers was abbot Ignazio Mezzetti (1821–1876), a passionate collector of botanical specimens, who inspired him to pursue botany and assemble a herbarium. He later named the genus Mezzettia in his honor. In August 1861, he commenced his studies at the University of Pisa. Here he quickly captured the attent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odoardo Fialetti
Odoardo Fialetti (18 July 1573 – 1638?) was an Italian painter and printmaker who began his training during the late Renaissance, and showed distinct mannerist sensibilities in his mid-career, adopting a much looser and more dynamic style in his later life. Born in Bologna, he initially apprenticed with Giovanni Battista Cremonini, and after traveling to Rome, he moved to Venice to work in the elderly Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed wit ...'s studio. From 1604 to 1612, he is listed as member of the Venetian ''Fraglia dei Pittori''. In Venice, he painted a ''St Agnes'' for the church of San Nicolò da Tolentino and scenes from the ''Life of St Dominic'' for the sacristy of the Santi Giovanni e Paolo. He died in Venice. Interior of Santi Giovanni e Paol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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