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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione , 1610?-1670, Italian painter and engraver of the Genoese school, called Il Grechetto. In his later years Castiglione was court painter at Mantua. He is best known for his landscapes and rural scenes with animals, but he also painted portraits and religious works, such... Read more
Baldassare Castiglione, Conte
Baldassare Castiglione, Conte , 1478-1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman attached to the court of the duke of Milan and later in the service of the duke of Urbino. His famous Libro del cortegiano (1528, tr. The Courtier, 1561), a treatise on etiquette, social problems, and intellectual ... Read more
Montefeltro
Montefeltro , Italian noble family. Its members were noted patrons of art and traditionally opposed the papacy in the struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines . The county of Montefeltro (created c.1154) included parts of Romagna, the Marches, and San Marino. Oddantonio Montefeltro (d. 1444) was th... Read more
Masolino da Panicale
Masolino da Panicale , 1383-c.1447, Florentine painter of the early Renaissance, whose real name was Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini. His versatile painting incorporated his feeling for decorative color with strong modeling and spatial organization. He was admitted (1423) to the apothecaries' guild in Fl... Read more
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Conte
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Conte , 1463-94, Italian philosopher and humanist. To many in the age of the Renaissance, Pico was the ideal man, whose physical beauty reflected his inner harmony. He appears in Il Cortegiano of Baldassare Castiglione. In 1484 he went to Florence where he soon becam... Read more
Umbria
Umbria , region (1991 pop. 811,831), 3,265 sq mi (8,456 sq km), central Italy. Perugia is the capital of the landlocked region, which is divided into the provinces of Perugia and Terni (named for their capitals). Crossed by the Apennines in the east, Umbria is almost entirely mountainous or hilly.... Read more
translation
translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without losing its original flavor, or of finding an analogous substitute, for example, Scott Moncrieff's Remembrance of Th... Read more
Raphael Santi
Raphael Santi or Raphael Sanzio, Ital. Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Sanzio , 1483-1520, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Urbino. In Raphael's work is the clearest expression of the exquisite harmony and balance of High Renaissance composition. Early Training, Influence, and Work ... Read more
Renaissance
Renaissance [Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times. This article is concerned mainly with general developments and their impact in the fields of science, rhetoric, literature, and music. For a discussion... Read more
Italian literature
Italian literature writings in the Italian language, as distinct from earlier works in Latin and French. The Thirteenth Century The first Italian vernacular literature began to take shape in the 13th cent. with the imitation of Provençal lyric poetry at the court of Frederick II in... Read more

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Baldassare Castiglione
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Baldassare Castiglione The Italian author, courtier, and diplomat Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529) is known primarily for his...humanism into England and France. Baldassare Castiglione was born on Dec. 6, 1478, in Casatico in...
Castiglione, Baldassare (1478–1529)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE (1478 – 1529) CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE (1478 – 1529), Italian writer and diplomat. The fame of Baldassare Castiglione rests with his dialogue-treatise Il cortegiano...
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione , 1610?-1670, Italian painter...Il Grechetto. In his later years Castiglione was court painter at Mantua. He...their colors rich and glowing. Castiglione's etchings are among the best...
Castiglione, Baldassare
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Castiglione, Baldassare (1478–1529), Italian humanist, chiefly known for his prose dialogues Il libro del cortegiano (1528...
Baldassare Castiglione, Conte
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Baldassare Castiglione, Conte , 1478-1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman...embodied in the person and accomplishments of Sir Philip Sidney. Castiglione's portrait was painted by Raphael (c.1515), his tomb designed...
Jean Henri Dunant
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...churches and private houses of nearby Castiglione were transformed into hospitals. But...townspeople, and the troops left in Castiglione, were absolutely incapable of dealing...of Don Lorenzo Barzizza, priest of Castiglione, Dunant gathered several hundred women...
Court and Courtiers
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...a new literary genre was Baldassare Castiglione's (1478 – 1529) Il Cortegiano...1513 and 1524 and published in 1528. Castiglione's courtier appears as a true uomo...naturalness in appearance and behavior, Castiglione coined the term sprezzatura (a certain...
Politian: A Tragedy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...scene is 16th‐century Rome. Castiglione, son of the Duke Di Broglio, seduces...and accepts her demand that he kill Castiglione. Irresolute, he postpones the act...joined by Lalage, who reminds him that Castiglione's marriage is about to take place...
Advice and Etiquette Books
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...book of the courtier) of Baldassare Castiglione (1478 – 1529). It is far...and without seeming effort, with what Castiglione called sprezzatura. The book's appearance...politics and society was all-important. Castiglione's book seemed to offer the ideal training...
Angela Merici
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...her work in Brescia. In the following years she received invitations from the Council of Venice and the pope to work in Castiglione, Venice and Rome. On each occasion she refused, remaining in Brescia to complete her work. Merici made many pilgrimages...

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Castiglione, Giuseppe
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Castiglione, Giuseppe (Chinese name Lang Shih-ning ) ( b Milan, 19 July 1688; d Peking [Beijing], 16 July 1766). Italian Jesuit...
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (called Il Grechetto) (1609–64...fantasy recalling Salvator Rosa , notably the etching The Genius of Castiglione (1648). In addition to being one of the finest Italian etchers and...
Delay, Jean (1907-1987)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...behavior. In his courtesy, his refinement, and his kindness, he was the kind of gentleman one might have found in Balthazar Castiglione, and an 'honest man' as well." Claude Delay See also: ; ; . Bibliography Delay, Jean. (1946). Les d é...
Mondino De’ Luzzi
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Mondino ’ s chief work is his compendium of anatomy, Anatomia Mundini , completed in 1316, which made him, in Castiglione ’ s words, “ the first outstanding anatomist worthy of the name. ” 1 Mondino ’...
monotype
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...taken, although they will differ considerably from the first. Various modifications of the principle are known. G. B. Castiglione is generally credited with the invention of the monotype in the 1640s. William Blake and Edgar Degas are among the artists...
Testa, Pietro
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...drawings, but his bizarre imagination brings him closer in spirit to his contemporaries of romantic temperament such as Castiglione and Rosa . Although he had little success as a painter and spent much of his career in poverty, he was recognized as an...
liberal arts
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...1500 painting and sculpture were generally accepted as liberal arts by Italian humanists (significantly so in Baldassare Castiglione's influential Book of the Courtier of 1528, which was translated into English in 1561). However, as Anthony Blunt points...
Masolino da Panicale
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...painter of great distinction; his masterpiece is perhaps the fresco of the Baptism of Christ ( c. 1435) in the Baptistery at Castiglione d'Olona, near Como, a graceful and lyrical work that is a world away from Masaccio's sombre Baptism of the Neophytes...
Accattone
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Conti (Il Moicano ); Luciano Gonino (Piede d'Oro ); Gabriele Baldini (Intellectual ); Adrianno Mazelli and Mario Castiglione (Amore's clients ); Dino Frondi and Tommaso Nuevo (Cartagine's friends ); Romolo Orazi (Accattone's father-in...
Heurne, Jan Van (or Johannes Heurnius)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Universiteit in de 18 ° Eeuw, ” in Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis der geneeskunde , 14 (1934), 4; A. Castiglione, Memoralia Herman Boerhaave optimi medici (Haarlem, 1939), in Italian; J. Kroon, “ Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis...

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Castiglione has Sooners going places.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 12/27/2004; 700+ words ; ...Mell NORMAN, Okla. _ Oklahoma's Joe Castiglione didn't score a touchdown, make a...racking negotiations last spring. Castiglione, 47, a St. Thomas High graduate who...State scheduled to come to Norman, Castiglione was wary of the potential negative impact...
Castiglione reports for work as AD
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/1/1998; ; 518 words ; ...Okla. -- New OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione begins his first official day of work...number of different staff members," Castiglione said. "I will also be dealing with...David Boren said OU is fortunate to have Castiglione. "The entire university family welcomes...
Sox baseball talk warms up fans Castiglione, Trupiano highlight event
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 1/14/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...evening with Jerry Trupiano and Joe Castiglione. About 250 fans filled the seats to...Waaaaayyyyyyyyy back" of Trupiano and a replay of Castiglione's call of the final out in Derek Lowe...call of the Aaron Boone home run," Castiglione said as the crowd laughed. "I sounded...
Castiglione e il mito di Urbino: studi sull'elaborazione del 'Cortegiano'.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Castiglione e il mito di Urbino: studi sull'elaborazione...summary history of the composition of Castiglione's masterpiece, Part I, subtitled...of the attitudes of Machiavelli and Castiglione), and an analysis of Castiglione...
Optimism prevails at Sox Hot Stove Castiglione likes acquisition of Matsuzaka
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 1/17/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Sox radio play-by-play man Joe Castiglione and Boston Globe senior sportswriter Gordon Edes. Castiglione, who will be starting his 25th season...They're so tough to find," said Castiglione. "And every scout I talked to said...
Sox's Castiglione once a Yanks fan
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 1/23/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...first Boston Red Sox game, but Joe Castiglione has a confession to make. "I was a...Yankees games all the time," said Castiglione. "I'm not at all a Yankees fan anymore...organization, but I'm a Red Sox fan now." Castiglione, who ventured to Bangor two weeks ago...
Tulsa World, Okla., Dave Sittler column: Castiglione alone will receive eventual credit or criticism.
Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK); 4/12/2006; 700+ words ; ...determine if Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione had a stroke of genius or swung and...as the men's basketball coach. But Castiglione alone eventually will be credited or...already know for absolute certainty: Castiglione has made the most risky hire in the...
"The Ende Therfore of a Perfect Courtier" in Baldassare Castiglione's The Courtier.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...critics have attempted to fit Baldassare Castiglione's Il Cortegiano into a single classification...very persuasively that: "Ultimately, Castiglione's book lives not in its ideas, but...2) He urges us to recognize that "Castiglione's Cortegiano ... declares itself...
THIS CASTIGLIONE IS ON A NY TEAM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/6/2001; ; 680 words ; Life could not be better for Duke Castiglione. He's lead sportscaster on NY1 on...I want," said the 28-year-old Castiglione, the son of Red Sox radio play-by- play man Joe Castiglione. "I have time to express my feelings...
Castiglione explains U. Oklahoma coaches' salary increases
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/8/2002; ; 545 words ; ...Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione said if coaches weren't rewarded for...pay for success or pay for failure, Castiglione said. However, if we didn't pay...the June Board of Regents meeting. Castiglione also received a pay raise from $193...