References: Castiglione‚ "The Courtier" Mirandola‚ Pico Della‚ "Oration on the Dignity on Man" Montaigne. "Essays: In Defense of Raymond Sebond" More‚ Sir Thomas‚ "Utopia" Rabelais‚ Francois‚ "Gargantua and Pantagruel: The Abbey of Theleme" Thompson‚ Karl F. Classics of
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PAGE 1. Ladies and Gentlemen Melissa Young Darryl Claybon Humanities 111 August 21‚ 2011 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PAGE 2. 1. Explain how key social‚ cultural‚ and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes. Artwork found on the walls of caves and in the rubble of ancient cities‚ have opened the doorway to greatly‚ new‚ and improved developments‚ over time. Culture is the values and behaviors shared by a group of people. Culture
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Petrarch)‚ Giovanni Boccaccio‚ Baldassare Castiglione‚ and Niccolò Machiavelli; in England‚ Thomas More‚ Francis Bacon‚ and John Milton; in France‚ François Rabelais and Michel de Montaigne. Books setting forth an ideal of the well-formed individual‚ ruler‚ or commonwealth are a major aspect of the humanist movement‚ from Leonardo Bruni’s Dialogues (–) to Roger Ascham’s Schoolmaster ()‚ Machiavelli’s The Prince (‚ publ. )‚ Castiglione’s The Courtier (ca. ‚ publ. )‚ and More’s
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Because the Vatican is within this city‚ it is most closely associated with fostering the artistic creativity of Leonardo‚ Michelangelo‚ and Raphael. A) Vienna B) London C) Paris D) Rome Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): D 2. This artist’s School of Athens reveals his respect for pagan philosophers. A) Raphael B) Leonardo da Vinci C) Titian D) Giorgione Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): A 3. This artist created the magnificent frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine
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Essay The Renaissance was the time period of creativity and change in Europe and during the 1300s to the 1600s in which there were changes in many areas such as political‚ social‚ economical‚ and cultural. The most important change was that of the people and how they saw themselves and their world. Many people showed interest in classical learning‚ especially the culture of the ancient Romans. They set out to change their own age. The Renaissance‚ as they felt‚ was a time of rebirth after the
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The Renaissance was the time when people had taken up and resumed civilization for they believed that after a long interruption‚ they had been awakened from the so called dark time‚ which refers to the Middle Ages. It was a new era in thought and feelings which had led to many developments and changes‚ particularly in arts. Renaissance had started in Italy which also had spread almost all over Europe. Since the renaissance in Italy was a bit different from the renaissance in North Europe‚ historians
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and Isabella tactics‚ Iberian Peninsula‚ War of the Roses 6. Ideas: View of rape in Renaissance; view of black slaves; women in the Renaissance/upper class versus ordinary women; source of wealth of Italian communes 7. Writers: Castiglione (The Book of the Courtier)‚ Machiavelli (The Prince/views)‚ Dante (Divine Comedy)‚ Petrarch‚ Laura Cereta (women ideas)‚ Peter Paul Vergerio (education)‚ Lorenzo Valla (textual criticism)‚ Boccaccio (The Decameron)‚ Erasmus (In Praise of Folly/ideas)‚
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more displeasing to God. “The Abbot and the Learned Lady” states that a woman reading isn’t wrong‚ unless they try to read Latin‚ or the bible‚ which would not protect their chastity. Even though some people disagree‚ people like Castiglione (The Courtier) believe that women can understand just as much‚ if not more than men can‚ so they should be able to read. The ability to read was given to sons just as much as daughters‚ so daughters should have opportunities to read states Sir Josiah Child
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the new ideas were obtainable to many more people than would have been the case‚ had printing not been invented. Authors of the time include Dante (poetry) and Machiavelli (prose). The famous "Book of the Courtier" by Castiglione‚ goes into great detail about the attributes of the ideal courtier. Some of these attributes had only come to be regarded as important during the Renaissance‚ due to the sudden interest in‚ and ideas about culture: "he should have a knowledge of Greek and Latin [and be]
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Mr. Gates puts billions of his fortune toward enriching the lives of others. This aspect of Gates demonstrates his good character‚ a quality of a Renaissance person. “Let the man we are seeking be...gentle [and] modest‚” wrote Baldassare Castiglione in The Courtier‚ the guidebook to becoming a Renaissance person in the year of 1528. Bill Gates created the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation‚ its mission focusing mainly on improving the health care and education of children worldwide. Some of his pledges
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