Aretino
Pie·tro [pye-traw], /ˈpyɛ trɔ/, 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
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The type remained fixed, although some notable exceptions, especially in the case of Aretino's plays, arrest attention.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first | Count Carlo GozziOf these Pietro Aretino, father of modern journalists, was one of the most sagacious and quite the most remarkable.
Titian | Samuel Levy BensusanAnother Italian satirist, Pietro Aretino, acquired great fame, but not of a creditable kind.
Books Fatal to Their Authors | P. H. DitchfieldA less pleasant light is thrown upon the great painter by his friendship and close association with the infamous Aretino.
With a shrug of his shoulders, sop resumed his studies, finding Aretino more diverting than such nonsense.
The Duke's Motto | Justin Huntly McCarthy
British Dictionary definitions for Aretino
/ (Italian areˈtiːno) /
Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1492–1556, Italian satirist, poet, and dramatist, noted for his satirical attacks on leading political figures
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