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Giovio Series, the Glossary

Index Giovio Series

The Giovio Series, also known as the Giovio Collection or Giovio Portraits, is a series of 484 portraits assembled by the 16th-century Italian Renaissance historian and biographer Paolo Giovio.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 40 relations: Aethiopia, Alchitrof, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Andrea Fulvio, Antiquarian, Archive, Art museum, Bayezid I, Bribery, Bust (sculpture), Christiane Joost-Gaugier, Coin, Como, Condottiero, Cosimo I de' Medici, Cristofano dell'Altissimo, Dante Alighieri, Florence, Giovanni delle Bande Nere, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Ismail I, Lake Como, Lost literary work, Luke Syson, Marcus Terentius Varro, Matteo Palmieri, Museum, Natural History (Pliny), Nine Worthies, Paolo Giovio, Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Volpi, Como, Poggio Bracciolini, Pope Alexander VI, Portrait, Renaissance, Renaissance humanism, Skanderbeg, Uffizi, Woodcut.

  2. 1543 establishments in Italy
  3. 1543 in art
  4. 1552 disestablishments in Italy
  5. 1552 in art
  6. Art museums and galleries disestablished in the 2nd millennium
  7. Art museums and galleries established in the 2nd millennium
  8. Educational organizations established in the 1540s
  9. Former private collections in Italy
  10. Museums established in the 16th century
  11. Organizations disestablished in 1552
  12. Portrait art

Aethiopia

Ancient Aethiopia, (Aithiopía; Aethiopia and also Ethiopia) first appears as a geographical term in classical documents in reference to the upper Nile region of Sudan, areas south of the Sahara, and certain areas in Asia.

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Alchitrof

Alchitrof is the name of a 1568 painting by Cristofano dell'Altissimo that depicts an Aethiopian king.

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Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence

Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 to his death in 1537.

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Andrea Fulvio

Andrea Fulvio (in his Latin publications and correspondence Andreas Fulvius; –1527) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, poet and antiquarian active in Rome, who advised Raphael in the reconstructions of ancient Rome as settings for his frescoes.

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Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.

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Archive

An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.

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Art museum

An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own collection.

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Bayezid I

Bayezid I (بايزيد اول; I.), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt (یلدیرمبايزيد; Yıldırım Bayezid; – 8 March 1403), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402.

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Bribery

Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty and to incline the individual to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity.

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Bust (sculpture)

A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders.

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Christiane Joost-Gaugier

Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier (born 1934) is a French-born American art history scholar whose research has included work on the art of the Italian Renaissance and on the influence of Pythagoras on art and philosophy into the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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Coin

A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.

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Como

Como (Comasco, Cómm or Cùmm; Novum Comum) is a city and comune (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy.

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Condottiero

Condottieri (condottiero or condottiere) were Italian military leaders during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.

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Cosimo I de' Medici

Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was the second duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death.

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Cristofano dell'Altissimo

Cristofano dell'Altissimo (–1605) was an Italian painter in Florence.

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (– September 14, 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and widely known and often referred to in English mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Giovanni delle Bande Nere

Ludovico de' Medici, also known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere (6 April 1498 – 30 November 1526) was an Italian condottiero.

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Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici

Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (c. 1360 – February 1429) was an Italian banker and founder of the Medici Bank.

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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico dei conti della Mirandola e della Concordia (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494), known as Pico della Mirandola, was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher.

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Ismail I

Ismail I (translit; 14 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524.

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Lake Como

Lake Como (Lago di Como), also known as Lario, is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of, making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At over deep, it is the fifth-deepest lake in Europe and the deepest outside Norway; the bottom of the lake is below sea level.

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Lost literary work

A lost literary work (referred throughout this article just as a lost work) is a document, literary work, or piece of multimedia, produced of which no surviving copies are known to exist, meaning it can be known only through reference.

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Luke Syson

Luke Syson is an English museum curator and art historian.

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Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) was a Roman polymath and a prolific author.

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Matteo Palmieri

Matteo di Marco Palmieri (1406–1475) was a Florentine humanist and historian who is best known for his work Della vita civile ("On Civic Life"; printed 1528) which advocated civic humanism, and his influence in refining the Tuscan vernacular to the same level as Latin.

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Museum

A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.

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Natural History (Pliny)

The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.

See Giovio Series and Natural History (Pliny)

Nine Worthies

The Nine Worthies are nine historical, scriptural, and legendary men of distinction who personify the ideals of chivalry established in the Middle Ages, whose lives were deemed a valuable study for aspirants to chivalric status.

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Paolo Giovio

Paolo Giovio (also spelled Paulo Jovio; Latin: Paulus Jovius; 19 April 1483 – 11 December 1552) was an Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate.

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Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Volpi, Como

The Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Volpi is the town art gallery on Via Diaz 84 in the town of Como, Lombardy, Italy.

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Poggio Bracciolini

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist.

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Pope Alexander VI

Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian")) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown of Aragon (now Spain), Rodrigo studied law at the University of Bologna.

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Portrait

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. Giovio Series and portrait are portrait art.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Renaissance humanism

Renaissance humanism was a worldview centered on the nature and importance of humanity that emerged from the study of Classical antiquity.

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Skanderbeg

Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.

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Uffizi

The Uffizi Gallery (italic) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

See Giovio Series and Uffizi

Woodcut

Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking.

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See also

1543 establishments in Italy

1543 in art

1552 disestablishments in Italy

  • Giovio Series

1552 in art

Art museums and galleries disestablished in the 2nd millennium

  • Giovio Series

Art museums and galleries established in the 2nd millennium

Educational organizations established in the 1540s

Former private collections in Italy

Museums established in the 16th century

Organizations disestablished in 1552

  • Giovio Series

Portrait art

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovio_Series

Also known as Giovio Collection, Giovio Portraits.