Final Flashcards
Satirical short story about the King of Hell
Niccolo Maciavelli; Belfagor
Book on the ideal way a courtier should act.
Baldesar Castilgione; Book of the Courtier
Letter to Roman Cardinal; recounting a walk in Rome; Imitation of scholarship should be a father to son resemblence
Petrarch; Familiares
Letter where the author describes his own life; the ancient past is better than the present
Petrarch; Letter to Posterity
Poem about the authors first love; past gives meaning to the present
Petrarch; Canzoniere
Dialogue about active participation in public life; awareness of living in a new age
Matteo Palmieri; The Dawn of Better Things
Treatise on the cyclical nature of history; God created artists at the level of antiquity in the 13th century
Giorgio Vasari; Barbarism, Antiquity, Rebirth
Letter describing the author finding a lost work of the Roman scholar Quintillian in Constance, Germany
Poggio Bracciolini; Poggius to Guarinus Veronensis
Treatise on humanist education; 1. Good character 2. Liberal Studies 3. Physical development; Medieval Trivium and Quadrivium
Pier Paolo Vergerio; On Noble Customs and Liberal Studies of Adolescents
Treatise on humanist education; literature is the foundation of greater things; shift away from the 7 pillars of the middle ages to the ‘humane letters’
Leonardo Bruni; The Study of Literature to Lady Battista
‘Life of..’ on Dante and Petrarch; Dante is a model for being civically engaged (Soldier and Married)
Leonardo Bruni; Lives of Dante and Petrarch
Dialogue on education; Experience should be the driving factor of education; Fortune is something that can be shaped by informed decisions
Leon Battista Alberti; Book of the Family
Oration; there is a common truth that all cultures share
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Oration on the Dignity of man
Panegyric on the city of Florence; value of moderation
Leonardo Bruni; Panegyric of Florence
Treatise on Florentine Government
Girolamo Savonarola; Treatise on Florentine Government
Living an active life leads to pleasure
Gionnozzo Manetti; On the Dignity of Man
Treatise on princely power; Imitation is human nature; Princes must combine knowledge-virtue-arms; Cesare Borgia is a good example of an exemplary prince
Niccolo Machiavell; The Prince
Maxims; History is less important because of the chaos of the present; importance of discretion; serve one’s honor unselfishly
Francesco Guicciardini; Ricordi
Author thought modern artists were inferior to ancient ones until he saw the Florentine dome
Leon Battista Alberti, Brunelleschi’s Dome
Life of.. on Donatello and Brunelleschi; First hand study of antiquity
Antonio Manetti, Brunelleschi and Donatelo
Life of…; Design is at the basis of all art
Giorgio Vasari, Lives of Famous Artists
Dialogue; Eve was less responsible than Adam because of her weaker nature
Isotta Nogarola, Dialogue on the Equal or Unequal Sin of Adam and Eve
Letter; nature imparts ability to learn on all human beings
Laura Cereta, Letters
Letter; author did not know he encountered a new continent
Columbus, letters
Letter; Author knew he encountered a new continent, was a humanist
Vespucci, letters
