. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. juno chastised. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) CHAPTER V THE TWO PRINCESSES VERONICA GAMBARA —HER RELATIONS WITH CORREGGIO AND WITH THE COURT OF MANTUA—ISABELLA deSTE. AS Burckhardt justly ob-serves, we shall form butan imperfect idea of theRenaissance if we ignore the im-portance it gave to woman, andthe rapid development of her in-dividuality under its education was the counter-part of that enjoyed by the man. From the moment that theneo-Latin culture came to be re-cognised as the chief orname
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. juno chastised. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) CHAPTER V THE TWO PRINCESSES VERONICA GAMBARA —HER RELATIONS WITH CORREGGIO AND WITH THE COURT OF MANTUA—ISABELLA deSTE. AS Burckhardt justly ob-serves, we shall form butan imperfect idea of theRenaissance if we ignore the im-portance it gave to woman, andthe rapid development of her in-dividuality under its education was the counter-part of that enjoyed by the man. From the moment that theneo-Latin culture came to be re-cognised as the chief ornamentof life, no reason could be urgedagainst the participation of girls inits advantages. As the wives ofrulers, and the leaders of court society, the women of the Renaissance1 La civilta delsecolo del Rinascimento in Italia, vol. ii. p. 165 et seq. Florence, putti. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) 76 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO were surrounded by the most eminent men of the day. AntonioGalateo advised Bona Sforza to study men, since she was born to bindthem to her chariot wheels. Poets sanof of woman thus : La farem nostra reina,Lei sol merta la corona,Perche Apollo il suo liquoreLe ha donato Poetesses and learned ladies abounded, and Bandellos descriptionof Countess Cecilia Gallerana Bergamini, the affable and virtuouslady, might have been applied to many among them: The highestand noblest intellects are of her company. Military men discuss theart of war, musicians sing, architects make drawings, philosophersinquire into the secrets of nature, poets recite their own verses andthose of others. Much of the great revival is due to women, notonly by virtue of their superior refinement, and the elegance theyintroduced into their dwellings, but inasmuch as they worthilyencouraged and inspired artists and men of letters. The ho
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