Pietro Bembo
Also known as Cardinal Pietro Bembo
Catholic cardinal and poet (1470–1547)
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- Born
- 20 May 1470
- Died
- 18 January 1547
- Works
- 180
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- Petri Bembi Ad Hercvlem Strotivm de Virgilii Cvlice et Terentii fabvlis liber
- Petri Bembi Benacvs. Avgvstini Beatiani Verona
- Stanze di Pietro Bembo
- [Gliasolani di messer Pietro Bembo.]
- Les Azolains de monseigneur Bembo
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Pietro Bembo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Bembo's Coat of Arms Pietro Bembo, O.S.I.H. (Latin: Petrus Bembus; 20 May 1470 – 18 January 1547) was a Venetian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the Italian Renaissance (15th–16th c.), Pietro Bembo greatly influenced the development of the Tuscan dialect as a literary language for poetry and prose, which, by later codification into a standard language, became the modern Italian language. In the 16th century, Bembo's poetry, essays and books proved basic to reviving interest in the literary works of Petrarch. In the field of music, Bembo's literary writing techniques helped composers develop the techniques of musical composition that made the madrigal the most important secular music of 16th-century Italy.
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