Scuola di Atene (The School of Athens), is one of the most famous paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1510 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. Reading: See below.
Machiavelli Reading
Renaissance Society Part 1
Renaissance Society Part 2
Renaissance Society Part 3
Essay Assignment (4 pages double-spaced): Using Chapters 17 and 18 of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince (1513) and the Preface to Book One of his Discourses (1513/14 - 1518/19), along with book and Web site readings to answer this question: Is Machiavelli representative of Renaissance ideals or opposed to them? Explain.
This essay is due in the bin in my office (NH 209) by noon (12:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, February 10.
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