Baldassare Castiglione

The role of women in European society was they were to be the household doing women like things, bear children and many would say that women were the opposite of men in every way and were not to have men like qualities and should to be very matronly and do things they believe a woman should do. There are many different types of views of women and some humanist views were from people such as Baldassare Castiglione and Raphael who was a painter. Castiglione was a humanist scholar and diplomat who wrote the book of The Courtier this is a book that discuss the topics of men and women and how both should act in society and specifically in this book he contemplates women and how he believes women should act in a certain way for example…

Document analysis paper The Renaissance was started by the creation of humanism. Leonardo Bruni, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Baldassare Castiglione were all humanists but Leonardo Bruni was the chancellor of Florence. Niccolò Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione were authors that were famous for writing The Prince and The Book of Courtier, respectively. Machiavelli later became the “father of modern political theory.” Bruni, Machiavelli, and Castiglione helped shape today’s countries by each…

also the fear of God, virtue and discipline” (Document 4) “were necessary for the proper education of children. However, some opposed the religious values and purposes in education. As written in a letter to the Parliament of Dijon, in which people argued “more farmers are needed that magistrates, more soldiers than priests, more merchants than philosophers, more hard working bodies than dreamy and contemplative spirits,” (Document 7). Although the religious aspect in education were…

The nobles lived on large estates outside the city walls. They owned most of the city’s land, so the nobles controlled. The nobles served as military officers, royal advisers and as politicians. Baldassare Castiglione described the proper manners of a noble in The Book of the Courtier(1528). Castiglione wrote that a noble must have training to be an able warrior and social talents such as wit, the ability to dance, and "a certain grace that makes all his activities seem effortless and…

The Renaissance was a period of revolutionary change, therefore literature, art, and architecture all flourished. When the medieval era shifted into early modernity, this new era adopted new political and social reforms, and these new ideals ran through Renaissance writings. There are notable examples that affected this transition to modernity such as Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier and Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince. These pieces of revolutionary writings are prominently…

Baldisseri Castiglione’s Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier) was one of the most popular, widely distributed and historically significant books in Renaissance Europe. Written between 1508 and 1528, Castiglione drew upon his years of experience of courts around Italy to imagine a discussion about what constitutes a ‘perfect’ courtly gentleman and lady. Soon after its release it had become a relative success in Italy and continued to grow in popularity, reaching over one hundred…

The courtier were the nobility that supports the monarchy. These were the defenders and close friends of the royalty. In 1528 a nobleman by the name of Baldassare Castiglione wrote a book based on his experiences while traveling through the courts of Europe. This book was all about how the proper courtier should behave. Since their chief profession was to be a soldier to protect the prince, he needed training in all the skills that will make him an able warrior for his prince: riding, handling…

now become a god...” and later “how he did shake: ‘t is true, this god did shake...” Caesar is just another mortal man but he had achieved greatness, which in turn put him on the same level as gods. Shakespeare reflects upon that ideal of equality between man and God throughout Hamlet, but he also address other Humanist ideals, such as that man has the potential to control his future and that he can attain perfection, in his other works. Another Humanist was Baldassare Castiglione. He had…

As learning became indispensable, educational opportunities for women were vastly increased, and elite daughters were being versed in Latin and classical texts, along with men. Women of The Courtier received an education equal to that of the courtier, with Castiglione noting that “everything men can understand, women can too; and where a man’s intellect can penetrate, so along with it can a woman’s” (Castiglione 218). Burckhardt, in his work, regards education as the most equalizing aspect…

Celeste Wiest Professor Williams Music History Section 1 27 October 2017 Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier (1528) is a Renaissance Courtesy Book or Book of Manners that deals with etiquette, conduct and philosophy. Drawing inspiration from those before him, Castiglione uses ancient Greek and Roman ideas to express Renaissance ideals such as humanism, Music of the Spheres, and emotion relayed through music. Since the Renaissance is a rebirth of archaic ideas, Castiglione…