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Giacosa, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Giacosa, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā jäkôˈzä [key], 1847–1906, Italian dramatic poet. After Una partita a scacchi [a game of chess] (1873) won him his first success, he devoted himself to playwritin...Arcimboldo, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Arcimboldo, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā ärchēmbôlˈdō [key], 1527–93, Italian painter. The son of an artist, he began as a traditional portrait painter. Later, as court painter to Hapsburg kings Max...Parini, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Parini, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā pärēˈnē [key], 1729–99, Italian poet, a priest and teacher. He was a professor and a superintendent of schools in Milan; a liberal, Parini became (1796) a governm...Zanardelli, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Zanardelli, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā dzänärdĕlˈlē [key], 1826–1903, Italian politician and premier (1901–3). As minister of justice (1881–83, 1887–91) he prepared a new penal code, which w...Balsamo, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Balsamo, Giuseppe: see Cagliostro, Alessandro. ...Tartini, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Tartini, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā tärtēˈnē [key], 1692–1770, Italian violinist, the greatest violin master of his day. In 1728 he founded at Padua a school of the violin that became known through...Ungaretti, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Ungaretti, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā o͞ongärĕtˈtē [key], 1888–1970, Italian poet, critic, and translator, b. Alexandria, Egypt. Ungaretti spent his youth in North Africa, where he was greatly inf...Piazzi, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Piazzi, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā pyätˈtsē [key], 1746–1826, Italian astronomer, a Theatine priest from 1769. He became (1781) professor of mathematics at the Univ. of Palermo, supervised construct...Saragat, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Saragat, Giuseppe jo͞osĕpˈpē säräˈgät [key], 1898–1988, Italian political leader. He was president of the constituent assembly that framed (1946) Italy's republican constitution. In 1947 he ...Cesari, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Cesari, Giuseppe, called Cavaliere d'Arpino jo͞ozĕpˈpā chāˈzärē kävälyāˈrā därpēˈnō [key], 1568–1640, Italian late mannerist painter. Cesari's outstanding works are the frescoes in ...Browse by Subject
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