Write an essay on Isabella D’Este
Write an essay on Isabella D’Este
Please analyze the source by using the answers to the questions at the bottom,
which you are to incorporate with what you've learned in the lesson, and use the
general historical questions as a guideline and backbone to your essay reply: Who,
What, When, Where, Why, and How?
About 250 words of your analysis should suffice.
Please cite your source (see the bottom, and also instructions on Citation in Course
Info).
Re-visit essay instructions outlined for the Virtual Museum Report, and use those
which would also be applicable here, and upload by the due date. Thanks!
Document 10.1 – Isabella d'Este Implores Leonardo da Vinci to Paint for Her
From: Julia Cartwright, Isabella d'Este: Marchioness of Mantua, 1474–1539, vol. 1 (New
York: E. P. Dutton, 1903), p. 324.
Analyze the Source by answering: What painting does Isabella want? Explore the information given. How do you
think modern artists would react to getting such specific instructions? What does this
fact indicate about the relationship between family ties, art, and patronage in the
Renaissance? What opportunities did a wealthy woman have to participate in the
intellectual life of the Renaissance? Explore the information given in "Biography" on
Isabella D'Este.
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