virtù (English spelling) virtu

Japanese: virtù(英語表記)virtu
virtù (English spelling) virtu

…He served as a Papal secretary from 32 to 64, and as a polymathic intellectual, he made outstanding achievements in the fields of classical studies, grammar, rhetoric, poetry, ethics, education, art and music theory, as well as architecture and surveying, backed by his study of ancient ruins. He placed importance on individual ability and actions based on it, and argued that all people should fully utilize their virtù, or excellent qualities that can be obtained by cultivating their innate talents, in civil society. He considered the city to be a place where citizens could form and exercise their virtù, and as an effective means of doing so, he positioned artistic activity on an academic basis equal to the humanities, rather than simply a skill, which had a great influence on the formation of the artistic ideals of both clients and artists in Renaissance art production. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "virtù" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…32‐64年教皇庁の書記官を務め,博学万能の知識人として古典学,文法・修辞,詩学,倫理,教育論,美術・音楽理論,および古代の遺構の研究に裏付けられた建築,測量術などの分野できわだった功績を残した。彼は個人の能力とそれにもとづく行為を重視し,すべての人間は生来の才能を培うことによって得られる優れた資質,すなわち〈ビルトゥvirtù〉を市民社会のなかで十分に発揮すべきである,と主張した。都市は市民がビルトゥを形成し,行使する場と考えられ,芸術行為はその有効な一手段として,単なる技能ではなく,人文諸科学と同等の学問的基盤の上に位置づけられたが,これはルネサンスの芸術生産における注文主と芸術家双方の芸術理念の形成に大きな影響を及ぼした。…

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