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Giuseppe Guzzardi
Giuseppe Guzzardi (December 8, 1845 – September 14, 1914) was an Italian painter. Biography Guzzardi was born in Adernò, now called Adrano. He first trained as a child with a local painter, Vincenzo Costa. His early work showed such promise that the comune awarded him a stipend to study in Florence, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Academy of Fine Arts under Antonio Ciseri. In 1874, he first exhibited at the Florentine Promotrice. In 1876 at the Academy in Florence, he exhibited ''The Virgin on Golgotha'' (now in Sanctuary of Maria SS. Ausiliatrice of Adrano). In 1876 he exhibited at the Florentine Promotrice ''Rural Idyll'', which the Artistic Fellowship selected to be copied for distribution to its members. He was also in demand as a portraitist. In the 1880s, Guzzardi was named honorary professor at the Academy in Florence. He returned to his hometown of Adrano in 1887, to bring help during a cholera epidemic. After the epidemic, he returned to ...
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1845 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Philippines began reckoning Asian dates by hopping the International Date Line through skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. That time zone shift was a reform made by Governor–General Narciso Claveria on August 16, 1844, in order to align the local calendars in the country with the rest of Asia as trade interests with Imperial China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring countries increased, after Mexico became independent in 1821. The reform also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, and Palau as part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines. * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 – The United States Congress establishes a uniform date for federal elections, which will henceforth be held on the first Tuesday after t ...
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Painters From Florence
Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or " support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, such as palette knives, sponges, airbrushes, the artist's fingers, or even a dripping technique that uses gravity may be used. One who produces paintings is called a painter. In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate other materials, in single or multiple form, including sand, clay, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plaster, gold leaf, and even entire objects. Painting is an important form of visual art, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture, narration, and abstraction. Paintings ca ...
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Italian Male Painters
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19th-century Italian Male Artists
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm ce ...
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1914 Deaths
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 **The Sakurajima volcano in Japan ...
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Chiesa Madre, Adrano
The Chiesa Madre (Mother Church), dedicated to Maria Santissima Assunta (Holiest Mary of the Assumption) is the largest Roman Catholic church in Adrano, and located in center of town, adjacent to the Norman Castle of the town, in the region of Sicily, Italy. History and description A church at the site was first commissioned in the 11th century by the initial Norman conquerors, specifically Roger II of Sicily, who would have been building the church adjacent to his Norman castle. The site was named ''Piano della Cuba'', perhaps because it already housed a house of worship at this site. The layout of the present church is mainly due to works patronized by Duke Francesco II Moncada between 1572 and 1592. This led to the building of the nave with two aisles and two side chapels. In 1750 a dome was built, tiled on the outer surface with painted bricks. The façade is framed with dark lava stone pilasters. In the tympanum above the portal is a marble depiction of the Assumption of th ...
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Giuseppe Guzzardi - Kitchen Interior With Playful Young Couple
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppa or Giuseppina. People with the given name include: :''Note: Some people are listed multiple times, in different sections.'' Artists and musicians * Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707), Italian composer * Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527–1593), Italian painter * Giuseppe Belli (singer) (1732–1760), Italian castrato singer * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863), Italian poet * Giuseppe Botero (1815–1885), Italian writer * Giuseppe Cantersani, Italian engraver * Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908), Italian painter * Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter) (1688–1766), Italian Jesuit missionary and court painter in China * Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798), Italian composer, mainly of opera * Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957), Italian writer and last Prince of Lampedusa * Giuseppe Ottav ...
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Margaret Mary Alacoque
Margaret Mary Alacoque (; 22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Visitation nun and mysticism, mystic who promoted Catholic devotions, devotion to the Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Biography Early life Alacoque was born in 1647 in Hautecour, Jura, L'Hautecour, Burgundy, France, now part of the commune in France, commune of Verosvres, then in the Duchy of Burgundy. She was the fifth of seven children, and the only daughter of Claude and Philiberte Lamyn Alacoque. Her father was a well-to-do notary. Her godmother was the Countess of Corcheval. Margaret was described as showing intense love for the Blessed Sacrament from early childhood. When Margaret was eight years old, her father died of pneumonia. She was sent to a convent school run by the Poor Clares in Charolles, where she made her First Communion at the age of nine. She later contracted rheumatic fever which confined her to bed for four years. At ...
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