Italy is one of the most culture enriched places left on the world today. It has seen the start of the human race, and has been the hot spot for many historical events. Even if it is not the capital Florence is a main city in Italy where creativity and art is born. Ginevra de’ Benci is a young women and expiring poet in Florence, yet sucked into the duties of her arrange marriage is stuck playing house wife when she could be creating her art. Ginevra is trapped in a life she didn’t want, and it isn’t till she finds out what true love is, she can be set free.
Ginevra de’Benci is married to Luigi Niccolin at age 16 arranged by her uncle. During her time (15th century) it was the duty of the father to marry off their daughters. Because Ginevra father died in 1468, it was her uncle, Bartolmeo, job to marry her off. He did not approve of her poetry, and even more disproving of Le Murate’s convert school she went to. It was why he pick Luigi, an old childhood friend of his, and married them five months after Luigi’s first wife died. Yet it was not a happy marriage. More of a business deal then love, they didn’t even sleep together, and when asked about a child Ginevra would blush and …show more content…
From her beautiful face, the way she held herself, Bembo knew he wanted her. AS a way to show his affection he paid for a portrait of her as well as a statue to be made at her by Florence has: Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci. Yet it was during those portrait sections where Ginevra starting falling for Leonardo. Sure he was an outcast, but the way he questioned the world around them, and treated Ginevra like an equal and not just a girl. Even though she’s married, has Bembo after her, Ginevra open her heart and lets Leonardo in, not matter what the public say about him. “So sing Ginevra, Make them listen” was what Mother Scolastican from Le Murate told her, and so she shall as Ginevra might be the smartest of them
Ginevra de’Benci is married to Luigi Niccolin at age 16 arranged by her uncle. During her time (15th century) it was the duty of the father to marry off their daughters. Because Ginevra father died in 1468, it was her uncle, Bartolmeo, job to marry her off. He did not approve of her poetry, and even more disproving of Le Murate’s convert school she went to. It was why he pick Luigi, an old childhood friend of his, and married them five months after Luigi’s first wife died. Yet it was not a happy marriage. More of a business deal then love, they didn’t even sleep together, and when asked about a child Ginevra would blush and …show more content…
From her beautiful face, the way she held herself, Bembo knew he wanted her. AS a way to show his affection he paid for a portrait of her as well as a statue to be made at her by Florence has: Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci. Yet it was during those portrait sections where Ginevra starting falling for Leonardo. Sure he was an outcast, but the way he questioned the world around them, and treated Ginevra like an equal and not just a girl. Even though she’s married, has Bembo after her, Ginevra open her heart and lets Leonardo in, not matter what the public say about him. “So sing Ginevra, Make them listen” was what Mother Scolastican from Le Murate told her, and so she shall as Ginevra might be the smartest of them