GIUSEPPE See also:

• GIUSEPPE BOSSI (1777-1816)

BOSSI (1777-1816)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian painter and writer on See also:

• ART

art, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Busto Arsizio, near See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan . He was educated at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• MONZA (locally Monscia)

Monza; and his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early fondness for See also:

• DRAWING

drawing was fostered by the director of the college, who supplied him with prints after the See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• AGOSTINO
• AGOSTINO, or AGOSTINI [AUGUSTINUS], PAOLO (1593-1629)

Agostino See also:

• CARACCI, LODOVICO, AGOSTINO

Caracci for copies . He then studied at the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of Brera at Milan, and about 1795 went to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he formed an intimate friendship with See also:

• CANOVA, ANTONIO (1757-1822)

Canova . On his return to Milan he. became assistant secretary, and then secretary, of the Academy of See also:

• FINE

Fine Arts . He rendered important service in the organization of this new institution . In 1804, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Oriani, he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the rules of the three See also:

• ACADEMIES

academies of art of See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna, See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and Milan, and soon after was rewarded with the decoration of the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron See also:

• CROWN

Crown . On the occasion of the visit of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I. to Milan in 18o5, See also:

• BOSSI, GIUSEPPE (1777-1816)

Bossi exhibited a drawing of the Last See also:

• JUDGMENT

Judgment of See also:

• MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)

Michelangelo, and pictures representing See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

Aurora and See also:

• NIGHT

Night, See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus and See also:

• CREON

Creon, and the Italian See also:

• PARNASSUS (mod. Likkoura or Likeri)

Parnassus . By command of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene, See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, Bossi undertook to make a copy of the Last Supper of Leonardo, then almost obliterated, for the purpose of getting it rendered in See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic . The drawing was made from the remains of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original with the aid of copies and the best prints . The mosaic was executed by Raffaelli, and was placed in the imperial See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . Bossi made another copy in oil, which was placed in the museum of Brera . This museum owed to him a fine collection of casts of See also:

• GREAT

great works of See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture acquired at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, Rome and See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence .

Bossi devoted a large See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life to the study of the works of Leonardo; and his last See also:

• WORK

work was a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of drawings in monochrome representing incidents in the life of that great See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . He See also:

• LEFT

left unfinished a large See also:

• CARTOON (Ital. cartone, pasteboard)

cartoon in See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• CHALK

chalk of the Dead See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ in the bosom of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, with See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John and the Magdalene . In 1810 he published a See also:

• SPECIAL

special work in large See also:

• QUARTO

quarto, entitled Del Cenacolo di Leonardo da See also:

• VINCI, LEONARDO (1690-173o)

Vinci, which had the merit of greatly interesting See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe . His other works are DelleOpinioni di Leonardo interne See also:

• CILIA (plural of Lat. cilium, eyelash)

cilia simmetria de' corpi umani (1811), and Del Tipo dell'arte della pittura (1816) . Bossi died, at Milan on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1816 . A See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument by Canova was erected to his memory in the Ambrosian library, and a bust was placed in the Brera .