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    Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (Italian: [baldasˈsaːre kastiʎˈʎoːne]; 6 December 1478 – 2 February 1529), was an Italian courtier, diplomat...
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    Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione is a c. 1514–1515 oil painting attributed to the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. Considered one of the great...
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    Book of the Courtier (Italian: Il Cortegiano [il korteˈdʒaːno]) by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes...
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  • and engraver Baldassare Bianchi (1612–1679), Italian painter Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529), Italian Renaissance writer Baldassare Cittadella (1603–1651)...
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    product of the political and social conditions of an earlier age. Baldassare Castiglione wrote Il Cortegiano or The Book of the Courtier, a courtesy book...
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    paintings by Raphael, such as La velata (1515–16) and Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (c. 1514–15), continued to borrow from Leonardo's painting. Zollner...
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    writer, polymath, dramatist, polemicist, poet, and literary critic Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529), count of Casatico, courtier, diplomat, soldier and...
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    in personal dealings, and sincerity in all personal relations. Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529 CE), count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier and diplomat...
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    humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino...
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    translations from both Latin and Greek. In the early 16th century, Baldassare Castiglione laid out his vision of the ideal gentleman and lady in The Book...
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    in the pose have long been recognised from Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (now Louvre) and Titian's A Man with a Quilted Sleeve (in 2017 called...
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    Vasari, Boltraffio, Castiglione, "Anonimo" Gaddiano, Berensen, Taine, Fuseli, Rio, Bortolon. Rosci 1977, p. 8. Castiglione, Baldassare (1528). "Il Cortegiano"...
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    Francis I; Madonna with the Blue Diadem (with Penni); Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione; Saint George; Saint Michael; Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan; Self-Portrait...
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  • on while in a hurry. The term “sprezzatura” first appeared in Baldassare Castiglione's 1528 The Book of the Courtier, where it is defined by the author...
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    pilaster frame of the statue. The first of these was published by Baldassare Castiglione, which became widely circulated by 1530 and inspired the other two...
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    Giulio de' Medici for the papacy." As Pope, he appointed author Baldassare Castiglione as Papal diplomat to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V; and historian...
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    Francis I; Madonna with the Blue Diadem (with Penni); Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione; Saint George; Saint Michael; Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan; Self-Portrait...
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  • Calandria within the court of Urbino because of a letter written by Baldassare Castiglione (who served as the organizer of the entertainment) to Ludovico Canossa...
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    Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. The Book of the Courtier, by Baldassare Castiglione Camarilla Courtesan Éminence grise Royal mistress Sycophant Courtly...
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    Francis I; Madonna with the Blue Diadem (with Penni); Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione; Saint George; Saint Michael; Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan; Self-Portrait...
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    spoken by ordinary people in their own times. The courtiers, like Baldassare Castiglione and Gian Giorgio Trissino, insisted that each local vernacular contribute...
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    for him in a non-threatening way. This method was recommended by Baldassare Castiglione (whose works had been translated into English by this time). He...
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    Burton (1577–1641) and Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682). In Italy, Baldassare Castiglione wrote about courtly manners in his essay Il Cortigiano. In the 17th...
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    Francis I; Madonna with the Blue Diadem (with Penni); Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione; Saint George; Saint Michael; Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan; Self-Portrait...
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    January 29 – Ōuchi Yoshioki, Japanese daimyo (b. 1477) February 2 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478) February 4 – Ludwig Haetzer...
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    Fontana Tartaglia Ludovico Ariosto Martin Bauzer Luís de Camões Baldassare Castiglione Miguel de Cervantes Geoffrey Chaucer John of the Cross John Donne...
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    Francis I; Madonna with the Blue Diadem (with Penni); Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione; Saint George; Saint Michael; Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan; Self-Portrait...
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    Francis I; Madonna with the Blue Diadem (with Penni); Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione; Saint George; Saint Michael; Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan; Self-Portrait...
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  • Dutch philosopher Baltasar Brum (1883–1933), Uruguayan president Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529), Italian Renaissance author Baltasar Corrada del Río...
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  • Maria della Pace, Rome, Italy Fresco x 615 1514–1515: Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione Louvre, Paris, France Oil on canvas 82 x 67 1514–1515: Ecstasy of...
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