Giovanni Della Casa and the Galateo on Life and Success in the Late Italian Renaissance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16348142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonio Santosuosso (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 1969-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance and Reformation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-429X • E-ISSN: 2293-7374 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/rr.v11i1.13660 |
| OpenAlex | W2740284718 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Giovanni Delia Casa's work on manners, the Galateo, has suffered from many misin- terpretations. Some have maintained that the book was read little; others that it dealt with a most superficial topic-etiquette; still others that Delia Casa and his Galateo were typical of the Renaissance and that the book was a pallid imitation of Baldassare Castiglione's Courtier but from a democratic viewpoint. The evidence we have about the man and the work contradicts these views. The Galateo was a bestseller in the schools and houses of Italy up to the nineteenth century and after. Certainly, it is not a philosophic treatise, but its precepts are much more than rules on how to behave at the table. Furthermore, the book is not a democratic imitation of the Courtier but, rather, a class work directed to aristocrats and, as such, mirroring the rise of the nobil- ity in Italian life during the sixteenth century. Nor is it representative of the Renaissance, but a contrasting blend of two worlds with different values-Humanism and the Counter Reformation
Art · Art history · The Renaissance · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 1975 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |