Battista
Proper noun
Meaning
Battista (plural Battistas)
A surname from Italian.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
According to Petri Liukkonen, this text "influenced deeply from the Early Renaissance onwards artists, thinkers, and architects, among them Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472), Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), and Michelangelo (1475–1564)."
Battista recalled being struck by one thing he said: “You know, pretty soon they’re gonna run out of us white dudes.”
Also, the acclaimed tenor, Giovanni Battista Rubini, appeared in the role of Percy.
Aldo Battista was a gambler, who stole money from his father and was disinherited by him in 1569.
Chaney 1985 p. 244–51 and Chaney 2000 p. 313. During that time, he was introduced to Giovanni Battista Manso, patron to both Torquato Tasso and to Giovanni Battista Marino.
Around the same time, Durand, a former student of Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824), became a celebrated violinist.