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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear Laurie, I'm not certain about the identity of Leoni. If it is indeed Giovanni Battista Leoni, as you state, you may want to check out his collection of madrigals. An edition of this work can be accessed on-line at: http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/l/leoni/ The Apollo citation is presumably a reference to an object, not person - the statue of the Apollo Belvedere (a Roman copy of a Greek C.5 century BC original), now located in the Museo Pio Clementino in the Vatican. It formed part of Pope Julius II's collection, and was later restored by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli in the early 1530s. During the C.16, it was celebrated as one of the most famous ancient Greek statues. For an image, see: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/greek/belvedere_apollo.jpg.html The reference is pertinent, given that Apollo was traditionally described in mythology as the god of poetry (as well as of the sun). Clearly, Leonora's singing was so 'graziosa' that she even had the power to soften the stony heart of Apollo himself! For further info. on the Apollo Belvedere statue, see: W. Helbig: Fuhrer durch die offentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertumer in Rom, i (Tubingen, 1963), pp. 170--72 F. Haskell and N. Penny: Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500--1900 (New Haven and London, 1981), pp. 148--51 F. Pinter: 'Der Apollo von Belvedere', Jb. Ksr. Dt. Archaol. Inst., vii (1982), pp. 164--77 Hope this helps you. All the best, Domenico. ___________________________________________________________ Dr Domenico Zanrč Department of Italian Hetherington Building Bute Gardens University of Glasgow GLASGOW G12 8RS SCOTLAND, U.K. Tel: ++44 (0141) 330 5198 Fax: ++44 (0141) 339 1119 >From: Laurie Stras <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [I-S] Leone/Apollo di Belvedere >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:21:12 +0100 > >italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > >Apologies for x-posting > >I wonder if anyone could help me identify two poets, mentioned in a letter >by >Tomaso Macchiavelli to Ottavio Farnese, written from Rome in 1574. >Referring >to the singing of Leonora Sanvitale: > >Quando accompagna poi la gratiosa voce al suono, trarria le rime,et >inteneriria >al cuore, non pur di M. Gio. Fran.co Leone, Poeta antico, universale >amante, ma >di Apollo di Belvedere. > >Could this 'Leone' be G Battista Leoni (i.e. did he mistake the name, or >did >Francesco Leone also exist)? and who is the Apollo of Belvedere? > >regards >Laurie Stras > > >________________________________________________ >Dr Laurie Stras >Music Department >University of Southampton >Highfield >Southampton SO17 1BJ >UK > >tel: +44 23 8059 3425 >fax: +44 23 8059 3197 > >http://www.soton.ac.uk/~lastras > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html