(the Renaissance Festival)
so... The Renaissance... What is it, really?
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Baldassare Castiglione wrote "The Book of the Courtier" ...a guide on how to become a Renaissance Man.
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{also known as "Universal Man" or "Man of the World"}
"...should have a detached, cool, nonchalant attitude, and speak well, sing, recite poetry, have proper bearing, be athletic, know the humanities and classics, paint and draw and possess many other skills, always without showy or boastful behavior, in short, with "sprezzatura" (nonchalance)
SPREZZATURA!
Examples of "a Renaissance Man" would be:
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Leone
Battista Alberti
(1404–1472)
Painter, poet, medalist, philosopher, hydraulic engineer, cryptographer, musician, architect, and writer-novelist |
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Isaac Newton (1643–1727) Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, theologian, natural philosopher, and alchemist. |
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Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), Scientist, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, philosopher and flautist. |
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Leonardo da Vinci
(1452–1519)
Painter, sculptor, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, biologist, geologist, physicist, architect, philosopher, inventor, humanist. |
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Z'Ahn
(the present)
Photogenic Professor of Peculiarities, Collector/Naturalist, Eccentric, Time-Bandit
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(List of More Renaissance Men)
What?
Not one "Renaissance Man" was distinguished for his
Jousting abilities!?
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Surely they Joust! |
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