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13Founded in Mantova by da Feltre in 1423, Ca 'Zoiosa was conceived as a setting in which to instill the Platonic principles of gymnastics for the body and music for the mind to repair and refine the constitutions of the flabby, phlegmatic Prince Ludovico Gonzaga and his nervous brother, Carlo. 28 The academy soon became an educational center for the future ruling elite of quattrocento Italy.

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One work in particular, located in the Tempio Malatestiana (designed by Alberti in the early 1450s), presents (Si) gismondo kneeling before the Holy Roman Emperor, who had knighted both Federico (in Mantova) and Sigismondo en route to meet with the new pope, Eugenius IV.

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All Nalini custom product, whether for pro teams or amateur clubs, is made in the Moa Sport factory in Italy just outside Mantova.

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Note 48: An artistic rendering of such negotiations is found in Andrea Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi at the ducal palace of the Gonzaga in Mantova. back

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Mantova e Urbino: Isabella d'Este ed Elisabetta Gonzaga nelle relazioni famigliari e nelle vicende politiche; narrazione storica documentata di Alessandro Luzio e Rodolfo Renier.

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Like the d'Este at Ferrara and the Gonzaga at Mantova, the Montefeltro court was a committed sponsor of music and dance. 212 The variety of instruments owned by the duke was greatly admired by Castiglione, who counted them among the priceless adornments of the ducal palace.

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Although this exercise of authority by da Feltre — bestowed on him by his patron, Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, marquess of Mantova — may appear somewhat obtuse, it shows how strongly humanist educators believed that the outward expressions of bodily and social habits demonstrated the mind's workings.

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Note 164: The Council of Mantova (1459 – 60), hosted by Marquis Ludovico Gonzaga, Federico's childhood classmate at Vittorino da Feltre's Ca 'Zoiosa, served as a platform for Pius II to organize the Italian states for a new crusade against the Turks.

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In May 1434, a plague prompted Federico's relocation from Venice to Mantova, where he attended the humanist academy of Vittorino da Feltre, previously the chair of rhetoric at the University of Padova.

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"Queen Arsinoe" is a rare chance to view a bronze head of Arsinoe III, daughter of Ptolemy III and reigning queen of Egypt from 220-204 B.C., on loan from the Museo Civico Te di Mantova in northern Italy.

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