HIS109Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, Pope Leo X, Leon Battista Alberti
Reading(Guide(for(October(7(Tutorials(
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Leon(Battista(Alberti,(I"Libri"della"Famiglia(
Leonardo(da(Vinci,(The"Notebooks(
Baldesar(Castiglione,(The"Book"of"the"Courtier(
Raphael,(Portrait"of"Pope"Leo"X"and"Two"Cardinals([Image](
Giovanni(Pico(della(Mirandola,(Oration"on"the"Dignity"of"Man(
Niccolo(Machiavelli,(The"Prince(
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Firstly,(think(about(how(the(texts(complement(one(another,(for(example,(how(
does(Alberti’s(text(on(family(relate(to(Machiavelli’s(text(on(governing?(Why(did(the(
editors(of(Perspectives"from"the"Past(select(these(texts(to(be(read(together?((
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( How(might(we(define(the(genre(of(these(texts?((
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(How(does(da(Vinci’s(text(on(perspective(figure(into(this(week’s(readings(and(
how(does(it(reflect(the(shifting(worldview(of(the(Renaissance?((
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( What(similarities(did(you(find(between(the(texts?(How(do(they(complement(
one(another?((
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( How(are(the(prince,(the(courtier,(and(the(father(similar?((
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( Dissect(the(image(of(Pope(Leo(by(Raphael(–(what(do(we(learn(about(Pope(Leo,(
the(Renaissance(church,(and(Raphael(himself?((
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( What(voices(are(we(missing(from(these(texts?(For(example,(where(are(the(
women?(Did(women(have(a(Renaissance?((
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( With(these(texts(in(mind,(how(would(you(define(the(Renaissance?((
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