Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . 64. Castigi<ione 580. 65. Tasso 581 LITERATURE (1500-1600) be refined— like that of good writers—^but should avoid allaffectation of old and learned words. He must also eschewthe affectations of travelled fools, who, if they have beenabroad a year, all at once begin talking Roman, or Spanish,or French. This leads to a long digression on the uses oflyatin and the volga
Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . 64. Castigi<ione 580. 65. Tasso 581 LITERATURE (1500-1600) be refined— like that of good writers—^but should avoid allaffectation of old and learned words. He must also eschewthe affectations of travelled fools, who, if they have beenabroad a year, all at once begin talking Roman, or Spanish,or French. This leads to a long digression on the uses oflyatin and the volgare (Tuscan and Lombard) and other literaryquestions ; then music is discussed, some holding it an effemi-nate accomplishment, others insisting, with appeals to Socrates,Plato, and Aristotle, that the Courtier should be expert withvarious instruments; then, with references to Raphael andMichelangelo, the nature and possibiHties of painting andsculpture are discussed, somewhat superficially. The second book opens with the authors reflexions on oldage. He pours ridicule on old laudafores temporis acti who areso wise in all other respects but so foolish in not perceivingthe superiority of the present. His discorso, as he calls it,is evidently
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