ITAL101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: House Of Venier, Tintoretto, I Gelosi
16 Jan 2018
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Veronica franco: venetian courtesan (died in 1591) and poet. Veronica franco: gender issues and pleas for gender equality very strong in her poetry, her profession and artistic talents allowed her to accede the celebrated literary and. In love with patrician marco venier artistic circle of domenico venier: her poetry very realistic, frank, and often explicitly sexual, never hides, as some other courtesans before her had done, her public figura as courtesan, painted by tintoretto. Immortalized also by hollywood in cinema with the film (cid:862)dangerous beauty(cid:863) (trial. Venerable / died in 1606 in siena: early life in rome as adolescent courtesan, then converted and life as penitent in siena, died as a saint (great fame throughout italy) Important member of famous theatrical company of comici gelosi that toured. Europe: renowned for her prima donna innamorata roles in the commedia dell"arte (mask, scenario)
