Cristoforo landino masaccio biography

Italian humanist

Cristoforo Landino ( in Pratovecchio, Casentino, Florence &#; 24 September in Borgo alla Collina, Casentino) was an Italian humanist and an important figure of the FlorentineRenaissance.

Biography

From a family with ties to the Casentino, Landino was born in Florence in He studied law and Greek (under George of Trebizond). Against his father's will he turned away from a career in the law and decided to study philosophy instead, a decision he would not have been able to make but for the patronage of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici.

Landino's wife Lucrezia was a member of the Alberti family.

Cristoforo landino masaccio biography

In Landino replaced Cristoforo Marsuppini as the chair of rhetoric and poetry at the Florentine Studio. His students, seeking a more renowned teacher, initially opposed Landino's appointment, but he nevertheless remained and became an important part of the cultural and intellectual life of Florence.

Landino was a member of the Platonic Academy foun