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Castello, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia)Castello, Giovanni Battista kästĕlˈlō [key], c.1509–c.1569, Italian painter and architect; called Il Bergamasco to distinguish him from Bernardo Castello, who also worked in Genoa. Giovanni was...

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia)Bononcini, Giovanni Battista: see under Bononcini, family. ...

Cavalcaselle, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia)Cavalcaselle, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä kävälkäsĕlˈlā [key], 1820–97, Italian art critic and writer. Cavalcaselle studied painting at the Academy of Venice and traveled ext...

Vico, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia)Vico, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä vēˈkō [key], 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and historian, also known as Giambattista Vico, b. Naples. In 1699, Vico became professor of rhetor...

Moroni

(Encyclopedia)Moroni mōrōˈnē [key], town (1990 pop. 23,432), capital of Comoros, on Njazidja (formerly Grande Comore) island, at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean. Moroni is...

Cyntius

(Encyclopedia)Cyntius: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cinthio

(Encyclopedia)Cinthio: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cinzio

(Encyclopedia)Cinzio: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Baciccio, Il

(Encyclopedia)Baciccio, Il: see Gaulli, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cerano, Il

(Encyclopedia)Cerano, Il: see Crespi, Giovanni Battista. ...