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Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino

(Encyclopedia)Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino (1516–19); son of Piero de' Medici. His uncle, Pope Leo X, made the youthful Lorenzo duke of Urbino. After his early death, however, Urbino reverted ...

Della Bella, Stefano

(Encyclopedia)Della Bella, Stefano: see Bella. ...

Della Casa, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Della Casa, Giovanni: see Casa.

Della Quercia, Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Della Quercia, Jacopo: see Quercia, Jacopo della. ...

Crusca, Accademia della

(Encyclopedia)Crusca, Accademia della: see Accademia della Crusca. ...

Gherardesca, Ugolino della

(Encyclopedia)Gherardesca, Ugolino della: see Ugolino della Gherardesca. ...

Accademia della Crusca

(Encyclopedia)Accademia della Crusca äk-kädĕˈmēä dĕlˈlä kro͞osˈkä [key] [Ital.,=academy of the chaff], Italian literary society founded in Florence in 1582 to maintain the purity of the language. Leonar...

Ugolino della Gherardesca

(Encyclopedia)Ugolino della Gherardesca o͞ogōlēˈnō dĕlˈlä gārärdāˈskä [key], d. 1289, Italian nobleman. A leader of the Guelph, or pro-papal, faction in predominantly Ghibelline (pro-imperial) Pisa, he...

Bella, Stefano della

(Encyclopedia)Bella, Stefano della stāfäˈnō dĕlˈlä bĕlˈlä [key], 1610–64, Italian engraver, b. Florence. First copying the manner of Jacques Callot, his style changed somewhat when he traveled to Rome, ...

Valle, Pietro della

(Encyclopedia)Valle, Pietro della pyĕˈtrō dĕlˈlä välˈlā [key], 1586–1652, Italian traveler in Asia. He sailed (1614) from Venice; spent a year in Constantinople, where he studied Turkish and Arabic; then...