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In Reply to: PLEASE POST YOUR SECOND REQUIRED POSTING AS FOLLOWUPS TO THIS POST posted by Tom Bacig on January 13, 1999 at 21:59:54:

During the Renaissance period three men, Leon Battista Alberti, Baldassare Castiglione, and Niccolo Machiavelli shared their views of the perfect Renaissance man. These views are both very similar and very different.
Leon Battista Alberti was a very knowledgable man. He believed that the perfect man "can do anything he wants" and he proved this by being a successful musician, mathematician, architect, playwright, and engineer. He focused on the responsibilities of the family and expresses his concern with the importance of classical education in order to accomplish worldly success. Alberti despised idleness and believed that it is the downfall of a good man. He shows this in his treatise 'On the Family' by writing, "There is nothing that
that gives rise to dishonor and infamy as much as idleness. Idleness has always been the breeding-place of vice... Therefore, idleness which is the cause of so many evils must be hated by all good men."
Baldassare Castiglione's views of the Renaissance man differs from Alberti's views. He saw the ideal man as being well rounded, should master the skills of war, and display great physical strength. Mental strength was also important to Castiglione. He believed man should be able to speak many languages, know the classics, write poetry, draw and play a musical instrument. Over all, Castiglione thought man should carry himself with grace and sprezzatura, Italian for nonchalance. He viewed Renaissance women the same as men but must not forget that she should be "soft and delicate tenderness that is her defining quality."
Florentine diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli used his keen political sense to write 'The Prince'. This treatise called for the unification of Italy under a powerful leader. This book set the guidelines for "how aspiring rulers might gain and maintain political power." Machiavelli maintained the need for strong state justified the need for a strong ruler. Niccolo Machiavelli was a very ruthless and powerful man that trusted nobody and believed that "it was safer to be feared than loved".
These three Renaissance humanists set the standards for what the ideal man should be.

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: During the Renaissance period three men, Leon Battista Alberti, Baldassare Castiglione, and Niccolo Machiavelli shared their views of the perfect Renaissance man. These views are both very similar and very different. : Leon Battista Alberti was a very knowledgable man. He believed that the perfect man "can do anything he wants" and he proved this by being a successful musician, mathematician, architect, playwright, and engineer. He focused on the responsibilities of the family and expresses his concern with the importance of classical education in order to accomplish worldly success. Alberti despised idleness and believed that it is the downfall of a good man. He shows this in his treatise 'On the Family' by writing, "There is nothing that : that gives rise to dishonor and infamy as much as idleness. Idleness has always been the breeding-place of vice... Therefore, idleness which is the cause of so many evils must be hated by all good men." : Baldassare Castiglione's views of the Renaissance man differs from Alberti's views. He saw the ideal man as being well rounded, should master the skills of war, and display great physical strength. Mental strength was also important to Castiglione. He believed man should be able to speak many languages, know the classics, write poetry, draw and play a musical instrument. Over all, Castiglione thought man should carry himself with grace and sprezzatura, Italian for nonchalance. He viewed Renaissance women the same as men but must not forget that she should be "soft and delicate tenderness that is her defining quality." : Florentine diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli used his keen political sense to write 'The Prince'. This treatise called for the unification of Italy under a powerful leader. This book set the guidelines for "how aspiring rulers might gain and maintain political power." Machiavelli maintained the need for strong state justified the need for a strong ruler. Niccolo Machiavelli was a very ruthless and powerful man that trusted nobody and believed that "it was safer to be feared than loved". : These three Renaissance humanists set the standards for what the ideal man should be.

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