Castiglione, Baldassare

Japanese: カスティリオーネ（英語表記）Castiglione, Baldassare

Born December 6, 1478 in Casatico, near Mantua, Italy
Died: February 2, 1529. Toledo, Spain. Italian courtier, diplomat, and writer. Born to a noble family connected to the Gonzaga family. Served in the courts of Milan, Mantua, Urbino, and other cities, and wrote Il cortegiano (1513-18) based on his experiences. This work is written in the form of a dialogue, and explains how the ideal courtier of the time should be. It is often compared to Machiavelli's The Prince, and captures the Renaissance image of man from the courtier's perspective. Other works he wrote include the pastoral poem Tirsi (1506). In his later years, he was appointed ambassador to Spain by Pope Clement VII and was posted to Madrid, where he died of illness in Toledo.

Castiglione
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto

Born: Around 1616, Genoa
Died: 1670. Mantua. Italian painter and printmaker. Commonly known as Il Grechetto. Worked in Genoa, Rome, Mantua, and Parma. Influenced first by Van Dyck and Rembrandt, and then by Poussin in Rome, he produced many portraits, historical paintings, religious paintings, and landscapes, but was particularly skilled at depicting animals. He also produced many copperplate prints and was the inventor of the monotype.

Castiglione

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[生]1478.12.6. イタリア，マントバ近郊カサティコ
[没]1529.2.2. スペイン，トレド
イタリアの廷臣，外交官，作家。ゴンツァガ家につながる名門の出身。ミラノ，マントバ，ウルビノなどの宮廷に仕え，その経験をもとに『廷臣論』Il cortegiano（1513～18）を著した。これは問答形式で当時の理想的な宮廷人はいかにあるべきかを説いたもので，マキアベリの『君主論』にしばしば対比され，廷臣の側からルネサンスの人間像をとらえている。そのほか，田園詩『ティルシ』Tirsi（1506）などがある。晩年は教皇クレメンス7世にスペイン大使を命じられ，マドリードに赴任し，病を得てトレドで没した。

カスティリオーネ
Castiglione， Giovanni Benedetto

[生]1616頃.ジェノバ
[没]1670. マントバ
イタリアの画家，版画家。通称イル・グレケット。ジェノバ，ローマ，マントバ，パルマで制作。初めファン・ダイク，レンブラントの，次いでローマではプーサンの影響を受け，肖像画，歴史画，宗教画，風景画を多数残しているが，特に動物の表現に長じた。また銅版画も多く制作し，モノタイプの発案者でもある。