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    Giambattista della Porta (Italian pronunciation: [dʒambatˈtista della ˈpɔrta]; 1535 – 4 February 1615), also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta, was an...
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    Italian family of masons, sculptors and architects. His father Giovanni Battista della Porta was a sculptor. He trained in his uncle's workshop in Genoa...
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  • Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to "John the Baptist"...
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    JSTOR j.ctv18msqmt.16. S2CID 241909486. Retrieved 6 July 2022. Giovanni Battista della Porta describes a method by which 'Wine may freeze in glasses' using...
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  • sophisticated version using mixed alphabets was described in 1563 by Giovanni Battista della Porta in his book, De Furtivis Literarum Notis (Latin for "On concealed...
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    Luigi Buzzi Leone, Giovanni Battista Comolli, Luigi Marchesi, Nicola Pirovano, Francesco Peverelli, Benedetto Cacciatori, Giovanni Antonio Labus, Claudio...
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    re-adjustment of Garzoni's work. Garzoni's treatise was known also to Giovanni Battista Della Porta. In 1600, William Gilbert published his De Magnete, Magneticisque...
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    collaboration with scientists in Del Monte's circle, including Giovanni Battista della Porta, who was the guiding spirit behind the foundation in 1603 of...
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  • steam turbine-like device for rotating a spit. 1601 (1601): Giovanni Battista della Porta performs experiments on using steam to create pressure or a...
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    Arabs around 600 AD, and during the 16th century in Europe. Giovanni Battista della Porta is credited with the first recipe for a sympathetic ink, derived...
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    "camera obscura" ("dark chamber"), were established in Italy by Giovanni Battista della Porta in his Magiae Naturalis. Philosopher Giordano Bruno was born...
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    the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2020. Giovanni Battista della Porta (1658). Natural Magick (Book XVII, Chap. V + VI). pp. 363–365...
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  • and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. Giovanni Battista della Porta, author of a seminal work on cryptanalysis. Étienne Bazeries...
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    monument to Vespasiano, in polychrome marble, was built in 1592 by Giovanni Battista della Porta (architect). The bronze sitting statue of Vespasiano was created...
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    building construction was subsequently executed by Sangallo and Giacomo della Porta. In 1559, Michelangelo was asked by Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Tuscany...
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    recipes for the production of hydrochloric acid are found in Giovanni Battista Della Porta's (1535–1615) Magiae naturalis ("Natural Magic") and in the works...
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    the rest of work on the façade and granted the order his architect, Giovanni Battista Soria. These grants only came into effect in 1624, and work was completed...
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  • The Chiesa della Madonna della Porta is a Roman Catholic church in Racconigi, Province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was erected and...
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    reinforcement for events was the magic lantern, first conceptualized by Giovanni Battista della Porta in his 1558 work Magiae naturalis. The Magic Lantern became...
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    Retrieved 2017-02-10. Giovanni Battista della Porta (1658). Natural Magick (Book XVII, Chap. V + VI). pp. 363–365. Porta, Giovan Battista Della (1589). Magia...
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    same composition as the funeral monument of the bishop by Guglielmo della Porta. The tomb was eventually relocated to the sacristy corridor while the...
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    Leon Battista Alberti (Italian: [leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti]; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect...
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    which showed a steam-driven pump similar to one developed by Giovanni Battista della Porta fourteen years earlier. Nevertheless, François Arago called...
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    Porta. On the right, a painting depicting "the Last Supper" by Francesco Rizzo da Santacroce. On the left, the "Resurrection of Christ" by Giovanni da...
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  • Fiammingo; p. 65 Giovanni Alberti del Borgo San Sepolcro; p. 66 Flamminio Vacca; p. 67 Tommaso Laureti; p. 68 Giovanni Battista della Porta; p. 70 Jacopino...
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    sometimes referred to as a depiction of Aaron, and sculpted by Giovanni Battista della Porta, may instead reflect either the miracles by Moses at Marah,...
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    Ghirlanda (2022–present) Triumph of the Name of Jesus by Giovanni Battista Gaulli Madonna Della Strada Religion Overthrowing Heresy and Hatred by Legros...
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    The Daemonolorum F (Bloch) — De Furtivis Literarum Notis R Giovanni Battista della Porta (1535?–1615) The title means "On the Secret Symbols of Letters"...
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    Giovanni Battista Mercati (1591–1645) was an Italian painter and engraver, active in a Baroque style. He was born in Borgo San Sepolcro, in Tuscany, but...
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    briefly, at the house of Giovanni Battista Manso and exchanged sonnets with him). Pellegrini was the author of Il Carrafa overo della epica poesia, a dialogue...
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