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Gaspare Murtola
Italian poet and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gaspare Murtola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡaspare ˈmurtola]; d. 1624[1] or 1625[2]) was an Italian poet and writer of madrigals. He is known for a bitter literary feud with Giambattista Marino, carried out "with sonnets, invectives, and pistol shots,"[3] and for references he makes in his poetry to art works by Caravaggio. His main work is the sacred poem La Creazione del mondo ("The Creation of the World," 1608).[4]
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![]() Caravaggio's Medusa Murtola. The painting is named after the poet Gaspare Murtola who dedicated to it his celebrated madrigal Per lo scudo di Medusa (1603) | |
Born | 1570 |
Died | 1625 |
Alma mater | University of Genoa |
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Notable works | La Creazione del mondo |
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