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much owing to the elaborate character CA SAn ovA, Francis, a painter famous for
drawn of him by his friend Clarendon, his battle-pieces, born at London, 1730,
there can be no doubt of the strict integ- went, while a boy, to Venice, where he
rity of his character and intentions. As applied himself to the art of painting. He
a man of active talent, he claims little ad- afterwards obtained admission into the
miration, and was evidently framed for academy in Dresden, and painted several
that life of studious retirement and men- pieces for the prince Conde. The spirit
tal culture in which he so much delight- and liveliness of his coloring and execued. One of his sayings marks his taste tion cannot be surpassed. At the request
and character-" I pity unlearned gentle- of Catharine of Russia, he painted, in Vienmen on a rainy day." Lord Falkland na, a piece representing thevictory of this
left behind him several published speeches princess over the Turks, which she afterand pamphlets on political and theologi- wards put up in her palace. He was concal subjects, as also a few poems. stantly occupied with his art, and died at
CARYATIDES; a kind of pillars, which Bruihl, near Vienna, 1805. —His brother
represent the upper part of female bodies. John, likewise a painter, was born 1729,
The name is of Greek origin. The god- at London; died, 1795, at Dresden, where
dess Diana, who had a temple in Karyatis, he was professor and superintendent in
a Peloponnesian city, was, for this reason, the academy of painting, and had instructcalled Karyatis. In honor of her, virgins ed many able pupils in his art. His work
danced in a festive procession, on the on the Ancient Monuments of Art, pubfeast of KaIlatis, which suggested to lished in Italian, and also in German (Leiparchitects the idea of adopting the image sic, 1771), is still in esteem.
of virgins in a kind of column which CASANOVA, John James de Seingalt;
ornamented the Pantheon. Thus Lessing eldest brother of the preceding; born at
explains the name anid form of the Caryat- Venice, 1725; known by his Memoirs as
ides. Another explanation of the origin an original and gay-tempered man, who
of Caryatides is the following: The in- acted an interesting part in all situations,
habitants of Carya, a city of Pelopon- amongst all classes of society, and in all
nesus, allied themselves with the barba- the large cities of Europe. His various
rians in the Persian war. The Greekls, adventures are related by himself in a
on the successful termination of that most entertaining manner. They were
struggle, exterminated the males of Carya, first published, in part, at Leipsic, 1826,
and reduced all the women to slavery. in a German translation. The French
The captives, as a further mnark of infamy, original has since appeared. His father,
were forbidden to lay aside the robes in Cajetan John James, a descendant of the
which they had decorated the conquerors' Spanish family of Palafox, falling in love
triunmph; and the architects of the time, with a dancer, turned actor, but afterwards
to perpetuate the memory of the transac- united himself with the daughter of a
tion, made statues representing these shoemaker, Fanosi, who followed the prowomen in the servile office of supporting fession of her husband. James Casanova,
entablatures. (See tlrchitecture, i. 340.) their eldest son, received the rudiments of
CASA, Giovanni della, an Italian poet his education in Padua, and made rapid
and orator, of an ancient and noble family progress in the Latin language, as well as
of Mugello, near Florence, was born 1503, in the other branches of learning. His
studied at Bologna, Padua, Rome, and ardent temperament, early developed,
entered, as an ecclesiastic, into the service soon, however, involved him in many adof the two cardinals Alessandro Farnese, ventures, that served to sharpen his obthe first of whom, in 1534, ascended the servation, and enlarge his knowledge of
papal chb.ir, under the name of Paul III. human nature. He studied law, and, in
He rose through various offices in the his 16th year, wrote two dissertations;
church, till Paul IV made him his private one, De Testamentis, the other on the
secretary. He died probably in 1556. His question, Utrtr BIebrcei possint construmost celebrated work is Galateo, ovvero ere novas Synagogas. HIis talent for
de' Costumzi, to which one, Degli uz izj, shining in society introduced him, at VenCoanarunzi tra g'li Jnnici Superiori e I;mfe- ice, into the select circles, in which a reriorl' forms a supplement. This last is fined but frivolous tone of manners prea translation of his Latin treatise, De Off- vailed. The patriarch of Venice gave
ciis inter Potentiores et Tenuiores.l/micos. him the inferior ordination, and his first
The best and most complete edition of sermnon was received with general aphis works appeared at Venice, 1752, in 3 plause. But he failed in his second; and
vols., 4to. from this period commences his restless