. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. ulture andrefinement. The valiant and unfortunate Gian Marsiglio Pio alsofound solace in letters, and himself related the story of his woes inverse. Near Carpi, and therefore near Correggio, with which we shalldeal more particularly further on, two other small cities rose to fame,and may claim their share of glory in the intellectual movement ofthe day. These were Guastalla and Novellara. t6 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO At Novellara we find the wise, humane, and pious FrancescoGonzaga, the friend of Saint Bernardino of Siena, who vis
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. ulture andrefinement. The valiant and unfortunate Gian Marsiglio Pio alsofound solace in letters, and himself related the story of his woes inverse. Near Carpi, and therefore near Correggio, with which we shalldeal more particularly further on, two other small cities rose to fame,and may claim their share of glory in the intellectual movement ofthe day. These were Guastalla and Novellara. t6 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO At Novellara we find the wise, humane, and pious FrancescoGonzaga, the friend of Saint Bernardino of Siena, who visited himat his Court. Francesco busied himself with improvements of allkinds, and added many fine buildings to his city. A man of wide, andtolerant mind, he permitted Jews to settle in his dominions. Amongthe more brilliant members of his house were his wife, CostanzaStrozzi, the granddaughter of a famous poet, and his fair daughterCamilla, beautiful in person as in mind, who herself wrote gracefulverses, and fascinated Molza and Casio, who both wrote enthusiasti-. TALACE OF THE PIO FAMILY AT CARPI. cally in her praise. She went shortly afterwards to Vicenza as thewife of Count Alessandro da Porto. The Torelli were meanwhile ruling in Guastalla. Achille certainlydid not shine as a beneficent prince. Even his wife, the sweet andgentle Veronica Pallavicino, had no softening influence on his violent,vicious, and despicable character. Yet even he was desirous ofemulating the princely munificence of his neighbours, and began thebuilding of a splendid palace, which was completed by the daughter Ludovica is a strange and interesting figure in thehistory of the times, a curious mixture of vices and virtues. Rich, LUDOVICA TORELLI 7 generous, enterprising, licentious, capricious, she was famous for hermasculine intellect and superb beauty, her virulent hatreds, and noless violent affections. Upheld by the Guastallese, she crushed theinnumerable plots hatched against her pow
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