Francesco Colonna

Francesco Colonna (* 1433/1434 in Venice, † 1527 ) was an Italian writer.

Life

1499 appeared the novel Hypnerotomachia Poliphili ( Poli Philo dream story of the fight for his love ), which is the ' Venetian ' Francesco Colonna attributed not without controversy. This print is from Aldo Manuzio ( Latinized Aldus Manutius ) was published originally anonymous. The book has 234 unnumbered leaves, and is illustrated with 171 woodcuts by an unknown master.

From Albrecht Dürer to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the book has strong effect on the visual arts. From influence it was in the literature, for example, on François Rabelais Gargantua et Pantagruel and his novel. It would have encouraged even the initial constellation of Honoré d' Urfés pastoral romance L' Astrée: a bygone, but not unhappy childhood sweetheart. The authorship of this Francesco Colonna in this novel is controversial. One possibility is alternatively another Francesco Colonna, who was an educated aristocrat, based in Palestrina, near Rome. This is supported by the exact knowledge of the architecture of Palestrina, of this Roman Francesco Colonna has also set a monument with his writing.

The book is about the dream of Poliphilus. In the dream Poliphilus wanders through the Ideal Garden of Love Kythera island. The garden is a fantasy idea of ​​Francesco Colonna, but which is filled by the architectural realities of Palestrina. The garden is regarded as a world, as a symbolic universe.