Antonio Manetti | |
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| Born | 6 July 1423 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 26 May 1497 (aged 73) Florence, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Architecture, Astronomy, Geography, Mathematics and Philosophy |
| Notable students | Galileo Galilei |
Antonio di Tuccio Manetti (6 July 1423 – May 26, 1497) was an Italian mathematician and architect from Florence.[1] He is particularly noted for his investigations into the site, shape and size of Dante's Inferno. Although Manetti never himself published his research regarding the topic, the earliest Renaissance Florentine editors of the poem, Cristoforo Landino and Girolamo Benivieni, reported the results of his researches in their respective editions of the Divine Comedy. Manetti is also famous for his short story, The Fat Woodworker, which recounts a cruel practical joke devised by Brunelleschi.[2] Furthermore, his supposed authorship of the biography of Filippo Brunelleschi has been widely discussed and analyzed.[3] Manetti was further a member of the Arte di Por Santa Maria[4] (also known as Arte della Seta), one of the seven Arti Maggiori guilds of Florence.
Born to a family of silk merchants, Manetti not only received an excellent education but was confronted with ample free time in which he was able to cultivate his many interests, which included mathematics, geometry, astronomy and philosophy.[3]
- ^ Koch, Max; Geiger, Ludwig; Wetz, W.; Collin, Joseph; Becker, Philipp August (1889). Zeitschrift Für Vergleichende Litteraturgeschichte ... (in German). A. Haack.
- ^ Antonio Manetti (1991). Robert L. Martone & Valerie Martone (ed.). The Fat Woodworker. Italica Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-934977-23-4. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ a b Saalman, Howard (1970). The Life of Brunelleschi by Antonio di Tuccio Manetti. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0271000759.
- ^ Zervas, Diane Finiello (1984). "The Parte Guelfa Palace, Brunelleschi and Antonio Manetti". The Burlington Magazine. 126 (977): 494–501. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 881654.