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  Baldassare Castiglione - LoveToKnow 1911
BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE (1478-1529), Italian diplomatist and man of letters, was born at Casanatico near Mantua, and was educated at Milan under the famous professors Merula and Chalcondyles.
Guidobaldo dying childless in 1508, the duchy of Urbino was given to Francesco Maria della Rovere, for whom Castiglione, envoy at the court of Leo X.
Castiglione had been tricked by the emperor, but there were not wanting accusations of treachery against himself.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Baldassare Castiglione
Castiglione demanded, that one should preserve one's composure and self-control under all circumstances and behave in company with an unaffected nonchalance and effortless dignity.
Castiglione's later life was shadowed by the death of Raphael in 1520 and his failure as a diplomat.
What Castiglione demanded of the perfect man of the world was versatility, the uniform development of physical and spiritual capacities, skill both in the use of weapons and in the art of refined social intercourse, experience in the arts of poetry and music, familiarity with painting and the sciences.
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 Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, comte de Novellata est un écrivain et diplomate italien né le 6 décembre 1478 à Mantoue, mort le 8 février 1529 à Tolède (Espagne).
Baldassare Castiglione est né à Mantoue, en Italie, dans une ancienne famille lombarde ayant émigré à Mantoue à l'époque du marquis Ludovic Gonzague, un parent de Luigia Gonzague, la mère de Castiglione.
Castiglione enverra une lettre au pape, datée du 10 décembre 1527, soulignant que le saccage était motivé par l'ambiguïté et les contradictions de la politique du pape.
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 Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata (1478 - 1529), one of the most important renaissance authors and a diplomat.
Castiglione wrote about his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, mantaining an activity very near to diplomacy, though in a litterary form, like with Ludovico da Canossa[?].
Castiglione, in an undoubtedly uncomfortable position, answered both, the Pope and Valdes, in two famous letters from Burgos.
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 Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer, courtier, and diplomat, is widely regarded as one of the great literary figures of the European Renaissance.
Castiglione was born in Casatico, Italy, on November 6, 1478.
Castiglione received a humanist education in Milan at the school of Girgio Merula and Demetrius Calcondyles.
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 Conte Baldassare Castiglione - Encyclopedia.com
Baldassare Castiglione, Conte, 1478-1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman attached to the court of the duke of Milan and later in the service of the duke of Urbino.
Castiglione's portrait was painted by Raphael (c.1515), his tomb designed by Giulio Romano, and his epitaph composed by Bembo.
Imagination all compact: tavolette and confraternity rituals for the condemned in renaissance Italy: Larry J. Feinberg traces the history of the ideas that lay behind tavolette, devotional images held up to the faces of condemned men as they were led to execution.
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 Baldassare Castiglione - TheBestLinks.com - December 6, February 2, Holy See, Italy, ...
Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata (December 6, 1478 - February 2, 1529), one of the most important renaissance authors and a diplomat.
Castiglione wrote about his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, mantaining an activity very near to diplomacy, though in a litterary form, like with Ludovico da Canossa.
Castiglione, in an undoubtedly uncomfortable position, answered both, the Pope and Valdes, in two famous letters from Burgos.
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 Baldassare Castiglione
In 1504 he was attached to the court of Guidobaldo Malatesta, Duke of Urbino, and in 1506 he was sent by that prince on a mission to King Henry VII of England, who had before conferred on Federigo Malatesta, "the Good Duke", the most famous mercenary of his age, the order of the Garter.
Guidobaldo dying childless in 1508, the duchy of Urbino was given to Francesco Maria della Rovere, for whom Castiglione, envoy at the court of Pope Leo X (Medici), obtained the office of generalissimo of the Papal troops.
Charged with the arrangement of the dispute between Pope Clement VII (Medici) and Charles V, Castiglione crossed 1524 into Spain, where he was received with highest honors, being afterwards naturalized, and made Bishop of Avila.
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 Baldassare Castiglione Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
The Italian author, courtier, and diplomat Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529) is known primarily for his "Book of the Courtier." This work, which portrays the ideal courtier, was a chief vehicle in spreading Italian humanism into England and France.
Baldassare Castiglione was born on Dec. 6, 1478, in Casatico in the province of Mantua of an illustrious Lombard family.
Castiglione's classical learning is deftly blended into the polite conversation of the courtiers and their ladies.
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 Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione was born in Casatico, near Mantua, into an illustrious Lombard family.
Castiglione's ideal artist was a person, who performed all his work as if he did it with ease.
Castiglione considered the figures like Leonardo and Raphael the natural peers of poets, and Raphael himself had produced poems.
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 Books | Baldassare Castiglione, Raphael (c1514-15)
Castiglione advises princes that "it is a monstrous thing and worthy of blame for men to show themselves valiant and wise in war (which is bad in itself) and in peace and quiet (which are good) to show themselves ignorant".
Castiglione, who was born in the domains of Mantua in 1478, knew Raphael well.
Castiglione looks vulnerable and sensitive, and his yielding clothes - the rich, silky grey fur, the creamy, billowing cloth at his throat, his dark velvety hat and not least his beard, trimmed but round and blurred - suggest softness, subtlety of character, the very traits that Castiglione recommended.
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 Baldassare Castiglione ( 1478 - 1529 ) - conte di Novilara » About authors from around the world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Baldassare Castiglione (1478 - 1529) - conte di Novilara
Castiglione demanded, that one should preserve one’s composure and self-control under all circumstances and behave in company with an unaffected nonchalance and effortless dignity.
Castiglione died in Toledo, Spain, on February 2, 1529.
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 Baldassare Castiglione
The splendour of the Montefeltro court was such as to attract thither the most distinguished writers and artists of the time, and in their midst Castiglione, though engrossed in momentous affairs of state, drank at the fountain-head of art and literature.
In 1524 Pope Clement VII sent him as a special envoy to Charles V, but, in spite of his good offices on behalf of the pontiff Rome was sacked on the 6th of May, 1527, and Clement made a captive.
This melancholy event broke Castiglione in health and spirits and hastened his death.
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 Baldassare Zastiglione
Baldassare Castiglione was born in Casatico, Italy in 1478.
In 1496 Castiglione moved to Milan at the young age of 18.
Castiglione used his strong and creative writing skills through his literature to have a great influence on the Italian people.His book was a great help in the buliding of the Italian Renissance.
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 The Book of the Courtier (1528) - Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare was inspired to write the Courtier by debates that occurred in Urbino on what makes a well rounded person (l'uomo universale).
The book is organized as a series of fictional conversations that occur between the courtiers of the Duke of Urbino in the year 1507 (when Baldassare was in fact part of the Duke's Court).
In the book, the courtier is described as having a cool mind, a good voice (with beautiful, elegant and brave words) and proper bearing and gestures.
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 Baldassare Castiglione Summary
Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata (December 6, 1478 – February 2, 1529), was a diplomat and was a very prominent Renaissance author.
However, in 1499, after the death of his father, Castiglione left his studies and Milan to succeed his father in the familial duties as the head of a noble family.
Francesco Maria della Rovere succeeded as duke at Guidubaldo's death, and Castiglione remained at his court; with Francesco Maria, he took part in Pope Julius II's expedition against Venice (an episode in the Italian Wars) and for this he received the title of conte di Novellata, near Pesaro.
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 Amazon.ca: Penguin Classics Book Of The Courtier: Books: Baldassare Castiglione,George Bull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Castiglione prefaces the second book with a justification of why old people see the future as a depraved version of their golden era - almost a youth's retort to the aged question of rebelliousness.
What Castiglione seems to be intimating is that the perfection of a courtier is determined by his Prince rather than by a standard set of rules.
Castiglione's "The Courtier", a landmark in Renaissance literature, is a treatise presented in dialogue form, offering hints on how the courtier ought to act, to win the favours of ladies, to comport himself and - to fight.
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 Baldassare Castiglione - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata (December 6, 1478 – February 2, 1529), one of the most important renaissance authors and a diplomat.
Castiglione wrote about his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very near to diplomacy, though in a literary form, like with Ludovico da Canossa.
His letters are another point of interest, describing not only the man and his personality, but also details about the famous people he met and frequented, or about his diplomat activity; they are considered very important for political, literary and historical studies.
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 Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione by RAFFAELLO Sanzio
The Portrait of Baldassarre Castiglione, a literary figure active at the court of Urbino in the early years of the 16th century, may or may not have been painted by Raphael.
Baldassare Castiglione, a humanist and a writer, was one of the most important men of the Italian Renaissance.
His popular book "Il cortegiano" (The Courtier) summed up the tastes and culture of the Renaissance, it gives insights into the thinking and culture at the court of Urbino at the turn of the 16th century, and is written in a style that is delightfully clear and precise.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata (1478 - 1529), one of the most important renaissance authors and a diplomat.
Castiglione wrote about his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, mantaining an activity very near to diplomacy, though in a litterary form, like with Ludovico da Canossa[?].
Also, a popular story about his death due to a supposed remorse found no confirmation: he died by Black Death (plague).
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 BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE
Baldassare Castiglione was a great man and a big influence in the Italian Renaissance.
Baldassare Castiglione was born in Casatico near Mantua in the year 1478.
At this court Castiglione pleased everyone with his good manners and excellence in athletics, letters, music, and art.
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 Baldassare Castiglione - Biography of Baldassare Castiglione
In 1499, his father died, and Castiglione succeeded him in the representative duties of the head of a noble family.
Francesco Maria della Rovere succeeded Guidubaldo at his death, and Castiglione remained at his court; with Francesco Maria, he took part in Pope Julius II's expedition against Venice and this made him deserve the title of Novellata, a county near Pesaro.
Castiglione's book changed that; now the perfect gentleman had to be educated in the classics as well.
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 BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE... - Online Information article about BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE...
Charles V., Castiglione crossed, in 1524, into See also:
Spain, where he was received with highest honours, being afterwards naturalized, and made See also:
Castiglione had been tricked by the See also:
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 Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier: His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 Vol 2 by Julia Mary-Cartwright Ady at ...
CHAPTER XXXVII 1522 Castiglione's negotiations with the Cardinals on behalf of his master --He obtains the Captaincy of Florence for the Duke of Urbino --Return of the Duchesses to Urbino--Castiglione's defence of his conduct--Divisions in the Sacred College--Scarcity of funds --Francesco Sforza enters Milan--Federico Gonzaga repulses the French at Pavia--Troubles in Romgana
CHAPTER XXXVIII 1522 Castiglione's correspondence with Isabella d' Este--Caradosso's relief --Pope Leo's organ--Raphael's designs--Giulio Romano--His mother and children--The plague in Rome--Alarm of the inhabitants--Procession and miracles--Castiglione in the Belvedere --The Pope lands at Ostia--His entry and coronation
CHAPTER XLIX 1527-1528 Castiglione's exertions on behalf of the Pope--Mission of Pierre de Veyre and Quinones--Death of Lannoy--Agreement with the Pope -- His flight to Orvieto and miserable condition -- He reproaches Castiglione with neglect of duty -- The Count's defence--The Marquis of Astorga's divorce
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 AbeBooks: Search Results - Baldassare Castiglione and Cortegiano
Baldassare Castiglione's "Book of the Courtier" was first published at Venice by Aldus Manutius in 1528, and translated into English by Thomas Hoby as early as 1561.
In addition to considering the virtues of the perfect courtier, many other issues in the fields of politics, morality, and literature are dealt with, making the work an invaluable source for the study of the manners and morals of the time.
Written with an elegance and dignity of style illustrative of it's aristocratic themes, Castiglione's work was an immediate success and became essential reading for the nobility across Europe throughout the 16th century and beyond.
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 Baldassare Castiglione - Wikiquote
Baldassare Castiglione, (6 de dezembro de 1478 – 2 de fevereiro de 1529), diplomata italiano.
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 Galuppi Baldassare - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Galuppi, Baldassare (1706-1785), Italian opera composer and harpsichordist.
Galuppi was born on the island of Burano, in the Venetian lagoon.
Peruzzi, Baldassare Tommaso (1481-1536), Italian architect and painter, born near Siena, and trained as a painter there and in Rome.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Baldassare Castiglione
Montefeltro court was such as to attract thither the most distinguished writers and artists of the
time, and in their midst Castiglione, though engrossed in momentous affairs of state, drank at the fountain-head of art and literature.
In 1524 Pope Clement VII sent him as a special envoy to Charles V, but, in spite of his good offices on behalf of the pontiff Rome was sacked on the 6th of May, 1527, and Clement made a captive.
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 Parcours de visite Portrait de Baldassare Castiglione, écrivain et diplomate (1478-1529) | Musée du Louvre
Parcours de visite Portrait de Baldassare Castiglione, écrivain et diplomate (1478-1529)
Balthazar Castiglione était diplomate, auteur du " Livre de Courtisan " qui connut un succès retentissant, et il était ami de Raphaël.
Balthazar Castiglione est l'un des hommes les plus représentatifs des humanistes de la Renaissance et Raphaël s'accorde parfaitement avec l'esprit de l'ouvrage rédigé par son ami, dans une recherche d'élégance, de générosité et de sobriété.
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