Courtier

topic will be. Your heart beating smoothly to the rhythm of the classical music that is being played satisfying your ears with a sweetness tune that 's so luscious like a sweet dessert. Swaying your hips to the dramatic beat of the music and absorbing the richness of the palace around you that appears pleasing to the human eyes. Suddenly, there in front of you is what you been waiting soo long for the beautiful Queen Elizabeth and her servants and courtiers surrounding her. (Teerlinc”CourtLife”) "Duchess Elisabetta ask the gentlemen…

Italian humanist writer, Leon Battista Alberti (doc 2) views women as a figure for childbearing. Although his view is offensive towards educated women like Pisan among others, he stresses the importance of virtue and morality in women. He says that beauty is not external, but internal Alberti uses a drunk woman as an example; she is beautiful but she is not a good wife. According to Alberti, a good wife is one who has an honorable manner and is able to pass that along to her children. Baldassare…

K. Marriott, 2017). Castiglione’s The Courtier forms the basis study for serious scholars explaining ideologies within the surrounding of a well-rounded man. The man has to attain physical capabilities such as war and sports, an intellectual ability such as education, and moral values. Unlike Metropolis, The Courtier is more concerned with ethics and appearance and does not dwell on political issues (Castigione, 1927). Based on this analysis, the Renaissance period promoted for enhancement…

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…

Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier offers various opinions on what constitutes the ideal man. The descriptions serve as a paradigm for men of the noble class to emulate. In fact, Castiglione’s work sets the standard for what it meant to be a gentleman. According to him, being an ideal Renaissance man demanded total, conscious effort needed in mastering many traits, all the while making the ownership of these various characteristics seem uncontrived and natural. Because the…

Men throughout history have been held to a very high standard. A certain criterion that was especially expected among a certain class of individuals. These personages, such as, those of noble birth were raised in these morals since birth. Castiglione’s Courtier, however, was a little bit different type of gentleman, not only was he required to maintain and exceed these ideals, he was supposed to have an ample amount of insouciance about him. There are three distinct areas that this courtier was…

The Courtier. What is perfection? Is it a God; a beautiful and successful person like Beyoncé; is it being who you are and loving yourself; or is there no such thing as perfection? The word ‘Perfection’ may as well be a myth, something for us humans to look up to as a role model. There was a time where perfection wasn’t just a word, but a way of life. Castiglione had created the courtier; a courtier was basically the perfect man or woman back in the 1500’s. Even though the courtier was supposed…

In Breton’s the Court and Country, we are witness to a passionate debate between two men from different walks of life. Both the Courtier and the Countryman list the fantastic qualities of their home, while rebuking that of the other’s. The crux of Courtier’s argument is that the city brings joy and a higher quality of life: “[. . .] for knowledge, we have . . . the deciphering of characters [. . .] which are such delights of the spirit [. . .]” (Breton 374-375). While the Countryman argues that…

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…

The Family dialogue was written at various points during Alberti 's life and not published until years later in 1843. The characters in Alberti’s dialogue, Lionardo and Giannozzo, discuss the methods in which a household should be managed. Written in the Tuscan dialect, book III contains Alberti’s most famous views on non-artistic subjects, such as education, marriage, and money. In contrast to Castiglione’s The Courtier, Alberti’s work focuses on the middle-class, which shows how women in this…