SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON. - English aesthete, b. in Bristol on 5 Oct. 1840, d. in Rome on 19 Apr. 1893.
He lived for a long time in Italy for reasons of health and dedicated his work to Italian art and poetry. His
History of the Renaissance in Italy (1875-86) is not, unlike Burckhardt's work, a systematic book, but it is valuable for the quality of its style. He published his own translation of Cellini's Vita in 1888 and translated sonnets by Michelangelo and Campanella. His other works are: Studies of the greek poets (1873), biographies of Michelangelo, Sidney, Shelley, essays on Whitman and on Shakespeare's predecessors. He also loved the Italian landscape and left verses inspired by it.
BibliographyV. W. Brook, A biographical study of J. A. S., London 1914.
BIBL.: V. W. Brook, A biographical study of J. A. S., London 1914.
Guidi, Augusto. “Symonds, john addington.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 1667–1668. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/symonds-john-addington.
MLA
Guidi, Augusto. “Symonds, john addington.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1667–1668. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/symonds-john-addington.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec11_symonds_john_addington,
author = {Guidi, Augusto},
title = {Symonds, john addington},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {1667--1668},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/symonds-john-addington}
}
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