Quiz 14 Flashcards
Which group of scholars wanted to get away from “glosses” and go back to originals the humanists or the scholastics?
the humanists
John Argyropoulos was lecturing on Greek language and literature in Florence by 1459. Who became his famous student?
Marsilio Ficino
T/F: By the middle of the 15th century almost all the major manuscripts of antiquity were available to scholars.
True
T/F: According to Alberti, we have as much to learn from inelegent writers as from great ones
False
According to Alberti, what use should we make of money?
noble projects
In what year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman turks?
1453
What did Ficino found in Florence (financed by Cosimo in 1462)?
The Platonic Academy
By what is spiritual love inspired?
Physical Beauty
T/F: Pico’s concept of truth was dramatically different from our own modern pluralistic outlook
True
T/F: Pico says tht man is a being deserving of all admiration
True
T/F: According to Pico, God created man without a defined or restricted nature
True
T/F: According to Pico, spiritual intelligence requires freedom from the body
False
T/F: According to Pico, people can and do descend to the lower brutish forms of life
True
According to Pico, what will humans reveal themselves to be if they are intellectual
angel and god like
What are Castiglione’s dates?
1478-1529
The ideal courtier is described in terms of l’uomo universale. How’s this translated?
the well rounded person
The courtier is a man of many talents, all of which should be displayed with sprezzatura. Translate.
nonchalance and grace
T/F: Castiglione illustrates the modern interest in probing the intrinsic moral values in human action
False
What does the first speaker say is “the principal and true proffession of a courtier”?
that of arms
Speaker 2 desrcibes the purpose of practice. How then should “what is said and done” appear?
with out effort
Which two languages should a coutier learn?
Latin and Greek
T/F: Beauty is more necessary for a woman than a courtier
True
About what should a lady be “cautious”?
offending men
How did women often come into control of large fortunes and lucrative businesses?
inheritance from mairrage
