Pietro Aretino

"Aretino" redirects here. For other uses, see Aretino (disambiguation).
Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretino, by Titian (Frick Collection)
Pietro Aretino, by Titian (Frick Collection)
Born19 or (1492-04-20)20 April 1492
Arezzo, Republic of Florence (present-day Tuscany, Italy)
Died21 October 1556(1556-10-21) (aged 64)
Venice, Republic of Venice (present-day Veneto, Italy)
Occupation
  • Author
  • playwright
  • poet
  • satirist
St Bartholomew (Aretino was the model) displaying his flayed skin, in Michelangelo's The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel
The Death of Pietro Aretino by Anselm Feuerbach

Pietro Aretino (US: /ˌɑːrɪˈtiːnoʊ, ˌær-/,[1][2] Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro areˈtiːno]; 19 or 20 April 1492[3] – 21 October 1556) 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.[4] Owing to his communications and sympathies with religious reformers, he is considered to have been a Nicodemite Protestant.[5][6][7][8] He was a good friend and publicist of the Venetian artist Titian, who painted his portrait three times.

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  2. ^ "Aretino". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ James Cleugh (1965). The Divine Aretino, Pietro of Arezzo, 1492-1556: A Biography. A. Blond. p. 9.
  4. ^ Oxford illustrated encyclopedia. Judge, Harry George; Toyne, Anthony. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. 1985–1993. p. 21. ISBN 0-19-869129-7. OCLC 11814265.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Waddington, Raymond B. (2006). "Pietro Aretino, religious writer". Renaissance Studies. 20 (3): 277–292. doi:10.1111/j.1477-4658.2006.00165.x. JSTOR 24416742. S2CID 161819659 – via JSTOR.
  6. ^ "Pietro Aretino, religious writer".
  7. ^ Pfeiffer, Helmut; Fantappiè, Irene; Roth, Tobias (25 September 2017). Renaissance Rewritings. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-052325-6 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Faini, Marco (13 January 2017). "Pietro Aretino, St. John the Baptist and the Rewriting of the Psalms". Renaissance Rewritings: 225–252. doi:10.1515/9783110525021-013. ISBN 978-3-11-052502-1 – via www.academia.edu.