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Amici, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Amici, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä ämēˈchē [key], 1786–1863, Italian astronomer, mathematician, and naturalist. He became director of the observatory and professor of astronomy...Grassi, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Grassi, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä gräsˈsē [key], 1854–1925, Italian zoologist. He demonstrated (1898) that the Anopheles mosquito carries the plasmodium of malaria in its dige...Giraldi, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Giraldi, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä jērälˈdē [key], 1504–73, Italian author, known also as Cinthio, Cintio, Cinzio, or Cyntius. He wrote tragedies, lyric verse, and tales. Som...Gaulli, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Gaulli, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä gäo͞olˈlē [key], 1639–1709, Italian painter, called Baciccia or Baciccio. He was noted for his airy, illusionistic frescoes, his figures of ...Morgagni, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Morgagni, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät–tēsˈtä mōrgäˈnyē [key], 1682–1771, Italian anatomist, called the founder of pathologic anatomy. He was professor of anatomy at Padua for 56 yea...Moroni, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Moroni, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä mōrôˈnē [key], c.1524–1578, Italian portrait painter of the Brescian school; pupil of Il Moretto. Surpassing his teacher in the ability to c...Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä pārgōlāˈzē [key], 1710–36, Italian composer of the Neapolitan school. Although he died at the age of 26, he is credited with masterpiece...Martini, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Martini, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä märtēˈnē [key], 1706–84, Italian composer and teacher, also known as Padre Martini. Martini became a priest in 1722. He acquired great pres...Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Piranesi, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä pēränāˈzē [key], 1720–78, Italian etcher and architect. The greater part of his life was spent in Rome, where he made etchings of the bui...Vico, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Vico, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä vēˈkō [key], 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and historian, also known as Giambattista Vico, b. Naples. In 1699, Vico became professor of rhetor...Browse by Subject
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