CATIGLIONE BALDASSARE

BACKROUND

• Born December 6, 1478 Died Feb. 2, 1529
• At 16 he began studying In Milan, his information would later inform his future writings.
• Son of a very noble family.
• The school he studied in was humanist school of Giorgio Merula and Demetrius Chalcondyles
• He also studied in a court. the court of Ludovico Sforza also in Milan

ACCOMOPLISHMENTS

• In 1499 his father died and he left his studied to take his fathers place as head of the noble family
• He wrote many letters to princes about his works with Cosmo gonzaga
• Became an ambassador or the duke or urbino
• Close friend Raphael gratefully painted a famous portrait of Castiglione, now at the Louvre.

IMPACT

• He was a prominent renaissance writer
• 'The book of courier' was his best writing. It impacted courier expectations and what a wife needed to do to help her husband.
• He defined what we consider a renaissance man or woman today.
• The book also spread Italian humanism through Europe
• He himself was an influence to other famous writers