Donato Giannotti
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Donato Giannotti was an Italian
political writer and playwright.
He was one of the leaders of the short-lived Florentine Republic of 1527. He subsequently wrote theoretical works on republicanism
. After the return of the Medicis, he lived in exile, dying in Rome. He was supported by Cardinal Niccolò Ridolfi
.
He became acquainted with Michelangelo
at the time he worked in the Signoria
in Florence. According to Vasari, Giannotti approached Michelangelo with the commission from Ridolfi, for the Brutus.
Italy
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political writer and playwright.
He was one of the leaders of the short-lived Florentine Republic of 1527. He subsequently wrote theoretical works on republicanism
Republicanism
Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context...
. After the return of the Medicis, he lived in exile, dying in Rome. He was supported by Cardinal Niccolò Ridolfi
Niccolò Ridolfi
Niccolò Ridolfi was an Italian cardinal.Born in Florence, son of Piero Ridolfi and Contessina de' Medici , he was therefore nephew of Pope Leo X, who granted him a quick ecclesiastical career...
.
He became acquainted with Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
at the time he worked in the Signoria
Signoria
A Signoria was an abstract noun meaning 'government; governing authority; de facto sovereignty; lordship in many of the Italian city states during the medieval and renaissance periods....
in Florence. According to Vasari, Giannotti approached Michelangelo with the commission from Ridolfi, for the Brutus.
Works
- Della repubblica fiorentina (1531)
- Dialogi de Republica Venetorum (1540)
- Il Vecchio amoroso, play
- Milesia in terzine, play
- Lettere a Piero Vettori
- Dialoghi de' Giorni che Dante Consumo nel Cercare l'Inferno e'l Purgatorio (1546)