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Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretino was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics. He was one of the most influential writers of his time and an outspoken critic of the powerful. He gained prominence through his politically charged writings and biting satire, which targeted powerful figures, including monarchs and popes. His works spanned vari…
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culture · Italian author and blackmailer (1492–1556) · poet · playwright · journalist · writer · art historian · collector · art critic · satirist · also Pietro Aretino, Piero Aretino, Pietro del Tura, Arétin, Aretin, Partenio Etiro
Born April 1492 · Died 21 October 1556 · Q296272
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I am a free man, I do not need to copy Petrarch or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, without artifice, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being, and my fame. What do I need more? With a goose quill and a few sheets of paper I mock the universe.
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2007· 1 entry
The composer Michael Nyman set some of Aretino's Sonetti lussuriosi to music under the title 8 Lust Songs
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1556· 2 entries
Died 1556-10-21.
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“I am a free man, I do not need to copy Petrarch or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, without artifice, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being, and my fame. What do I need more? With a goose quill and a few sheets of paper I mock the universe.”
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1492· 1 entry
Born 1492-04.
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