Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni
Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni (born October 9, 1663 in Macerata , † March 8, 1728 in Rome ) was an Italian poet and historian.
Life
Crescimbeni was custodian of the Accademia dell'Arcadia from 1690 to 1728 . From 1700 he was also a member of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence .
Within the Accademia, in contrast to Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , who was based on Homer and Dante , he represented the direction of the Petrarch- oriented representatives of Poesia volgare . In 1705 he became canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, in 1719 archpriest and in 1728 he was accepted into the Societas Iesu two months before his death .
Honors
In 1701 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
Works
- Istoria della volgar poesia , Rome 1698
- Trattato della bellezza della volgar poesia , Rome 1700
- Commentario intorno alla volgar poesia , Rome 1702–1711, 5 volumes
literature
- The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 1, page 320
- Nicola Merola: CRESCIMBENI, Giovan Mario. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 30: Cosattini – Crispolto. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1984.
Individual evidence
- ^ Membership list of the Crusca
- ^ Member entry by Giovanni Mario Crescimbenis at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 25, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet, historian and curator of the Accademia dell'Arcadia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Macerata |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1728 |
| Place of death | Rome |