A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 2 (of 2)
CHAPTER X.
A new home in Heidelberg; and a last home beneath it.—What is Olympia Morata to us? 182
ISABELLA ANDREINI.
Born, 1562. Died, 1604.
Italian love for the Theatre.—Italian Dramatic Literature.—Tragedy.—Comedy.—Tiraboschi's notion of it.—Macchiavelli's Mandragola.—Isabella's high standing among her contemporaries.—Her husband.—Her high character.—Death, and Epitaph.—Her writings.—Nature and value of histrionic art 205
BIANCA CAPPELLO.
Born, 1548. Died, 1587.