| Giovanni Battista Adriani |
Article Index for Giovanni Battista |
Website Links For Giovanni Battista |
Information AboutGiovanni Battista Adriani |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT GIOVANNI BATTISTA ADRIANI | |
| 1510s births | |
| adriani | |
| people from florence | |
| adriani, giovanni battista | |
| italian historians | |
|
He was born of a patrician family of Florence , and was secretary to the Republic Of Florence . He was among the defenders of the city during the siege of 1530 , but subsequently joined the Medici party and was appointed professor of rhetoric at the university. At the instance of Cosimo I he wrote a history of his own times, from 1536 to 1574, in Italian, which is generally, but according to Brunet erroneously, considered a continuation of Guicciardini . De Thou acknowledges himself greatly indebted to this history, praising it especially for its accuracy. Adriani also composed Funeral Oration s in Latin on the emperor Charles V and other noble personages, and was the author of a long letter on ancient painters and sculptors prefixed to the third volume of Vasari . His ''Istoria dei suoi tempi'' was published in Florence in 1583; a new edition appeared also in Florence in 1872. REFERENCE
|
|
|