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Cimarosa, Domenico

(Encyclopedia)Cimarosa, Domenico dōmĕˈnēkō chēmärôˈzä [key], 1749–1801, Italian operatic composer. He wrote almost 80 operas, which were successfully produced in Rome, Naples, Vienna, and St. Petersburg...

Feti, Domenico

(Encyclopedia)Feti or Fetti, Domenico dōmāˈnēcō fĕˈtē, fĕtˈtē [key], c.1589–1624, Italian painter. Court painter to the Gonzaga family in Mantua, Feti was influenced by the chiaroscuro technique of Car...

Ghirlandaio, Domenico

(Encyclopedia)Ghirlandaio or Ghirlandajo, Domenico both: dōmĕˈnēkō gērländäˈyō [key], 1449–94, Florentine painter, whose family name was Bigordi. He may have studied painting and mosaics under Alesso Ba...

Campagnola, Domenico

(Encyclopedia)Campagnola, Domenico dōmĕˈnēkō kämpänyôˈlä [key], 1500–c.1564, painter and engraver. Although Campagnola worked exclusively in Italy, there are documents indicating that he was of German o...

Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico

(Encyclopedia)Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico fränchāsˈkō dō-māˈnēkō gwār-rätˈtsē [key], 1804–73, Italian patriot and writer, b. Livorno. A radical republican and nationalist, he was repeatedly impriso...

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