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Count Francesco Algarotti ( 11 December, 1712 - 3 May, 1764) was an Italian philosopher and art critic.He was born in Venice. He studied at Rome and Bologna, and at the age of twenty went to Paris, where he became friendly with Voltaire and produced his Neutonianismo per le dame, a work on optics. Voltaire called him his "cher cygne de Padoue" ("dear swan of Padua"). Returning from a journey to Russia, he met Frederick the Great who made him a count of Prussia in 1740 and court chamberlain in 1747; they are said to have been lovers. Augustus III of Poland also honoured him with the title of councillor. In 1754, after seven years' residence partly in BerlinBerlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. 5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and Havel in the northea and partly in DresdenDresden [ˈdreːsdn̩] ( Sorbian/Lusatian Drjezdzany , the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. The city’s population stood at 478,000 in 2004. At the same time, the total populat, he returned to Italy, living at Venice and then at PisaThis article is about Pisa in Italy. For other places of the same name, see Pisa (disambiguation). Pisa (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, Italy at the mouth of the river Arno on the Mediterranean. By far the best known sight in Pisa is the famous, where he died. Frederick the Great erected to his memory a monument on the Campo Santo at Pisa. He was a man of wide knowledge, a connoisseur in art and music, and the friend of most of the leading authors of his time.
His chief work on art is the Saggi sopra le belle arti ("Essays on the Fine Arts"). Among his other works were Poems, Travels in Russia, Essay on Painting, and Correspondence.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
Algarotti, Francesco
Algarotti, Francesco
Algarotti, Francesco
Algarotti, Francesco
