Giuseppe Artale

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Giuseppe Artale
Giuseppe Artale, Enciclopedia Poetica (1679)
Born	29 August 1632 Mazzarino, Kingdom of Sicily
Died	11 February or 25 March 1679 (aged 46) Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Nationality	Sicilian
Occupation	poet, writer, knight
Known for	Marinist poetry

Giuseppe Artale (Mazzarino, 29 August 1632 – Naples, 11 February or 25 March 1679) was a Sicilian poet and writer, known for his Marinist works. He was also a knight of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Biography[]

Giuseppe Artale was born at Mazzarino, a town of Sicily, in the year 1628. He entered the army at the age of fifteen years, and rendered himself conspicuous by his bravery. He was made captain of the guard to the palatine Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and was highly esteemed by the emperor Leopold. He distinguished himself in the Cretan War against the Ottoman Empire, and was made a knight of the Constantinian Order of Saint George, with permission to add the imperial eagle, or Double-headed eagle, to his family arms. As a swordsman he was unrivalled, and was commonly known by the appellation of the sanguinary knight, conferred upon him for his success as a well practised duelist. He died at Naples in 1679, worn out by excess. Artale was a member of the principal academies of Italy, and enjoyed considerable reputation as a poet.

Works[]

• Dell’Enciclopedia Poetica parte prima, Perugia, 1658, 8º ; Venice, 1660 and 1664, 12mo.
• Dell’Enciclopedia parte seconda ; ovvero la Guerra fra i vivi e morti, Tragedia di lieta fine ; e Il Cor di Marte, historia favoleggiata, Venice, 1660, 12mo ; the fifth edition was published at Naples, 1679, 12mo.
• Dell’Enciclopedia parte terza ; ovvero l’Alloro fruttuoso, Naples, 1679, 12mo
• La Pasife ; ovvero, L’Impossibile fatto Possibile, Dramma per Musica, Venice, 1661, 12mo.
• La Bellezza atterrata : Elegia in occasione del Contagio di Napoli, l’anno 1646, Venice, 1661, 12mo.

Bibliography[]

• The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 3. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1843. p. 678. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[]

• Croce, Franco (1962). "ARTALE, Giuseppe". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 4: Arconati–Bacaredda (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.