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Castiglione was born in Casatico, near Mantua into a family of the minor nobility, connected through his mother Luigia to the ruling Gonzagas of Mantua. [4]In 1494, at the age of sixteen, Castiglione was sent to Milan, then under the rule of Duke Ludovico Sforza, to begin his humanistic studies at the school of the renowned teacher of Greek and editor of Homer Demetrios Chalkokondyles ...
Date of birth/death: between 1485 and 1490 27 August 1576 ... Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (c.1478-1529), Diplomat and Author " " Object type ...
It is possible that Castiglione later served as a "scholarly advisor" for Raphael's The School of Athens, and that the depiction of Zoroaster in that fresco may be a portrait of the courtier. [1] Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione may have had a practical and intimate purpose. Castiglione left his family behind when he went to Rome, and he ...
The Book of the Courtier (Italian: Il Cortegiano [il korteˈdʒaːno]) by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes an ideal courtier or (in the third chapter) court lady, worthy to befriend and advise a prince or political leader.
She was in favour of Baldassare's marriage to the noblewoman Ippolita Torelli, which was celebrated with great pomp in Mantua on 15 October 1516, with the blessing of marquess Francesco II Gonzaga and his wife Isabella d'Este. On Ippolita's death in 1520 she took care of her grandchildren Camillo, Anna and Ippolita.
A famous literary monument at the court of him and his wife is Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier. His reign was troubled by the struggles against the Papal States, in particular the conquests, which were never long-lasting, suffered by the nephews of the pontiffs, such as Cesare Borgia and Lorenzo de' Medici. [4]
The term “sprezzatura” first appeared in Baldassare Castiglione's 1528 The Book of the Courtier, where it is defined by the author as "a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it". [2]
In a letter to Baldassare Castiglione, Raphael dictated via Pietro Aretino, that "to paint a beauty, I should have to see a number of beauties, provided Your Lordship were with me to choose the best. But in the absence of good judges and beautiful forms, I use an idea that comes to my mind."