Middlebury

ITAL 6671

Power & Success in Renaissance

Power and Success in the Renaissance

The objective of the course is to examine the concepts of power and the strategies for success in Machiavelli's Principe and Castiglione's Libro del Cortegiano. As well, we will investigate how politics, art and the pen constitute instruments of distinction in Aretino, Lorenzo de' Medici and Michelangelo. (1 Unit)

Required Text: Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe. Con un saggio di Raymond Aron. Milano: BUR, 2005 (ventitreesima edizione).

Additional reading materials will be provided by the instructor.
Subject:
Italian
Department:
Italian
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:

Sections in Summer 2008, LS 7 Week Session

Summer 2008, LS 6 Week Session

ITAL6671A-L08 Lecture (Lettieri)