L'Adone is an epic poem in Italian by Giovan Battista Marino, first published in Paris in 1623 by Olivier de Varennes and dedicated to Louis XIII. It tells the love story of Venus and the eponymous Ad

The Accademia degli Umoristi founded in 1603 was a learned society of intellectuals, mainly noblemen, that significantly influenced the cultural life of 17th century Rome. It was briefly revived in th