For Reading 14.5, Vasari’s “Life of Leonardo”: Vasari focuses on demonstrating the individual creative genius of Leonardo and many of the other artists he discusses. Why as a humanist does “genius” matter so much to him?
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Humanism as a trend in arts and culture aims to understand people and their place in broader life, including nature, politics, and so on. Part of the project of humanism, therefore, is also aimed at individuality and one’s abilities to mediate and represent the human experience. Geniuses were those that could best represent the reality of life and represent humanity’s experience within it; therefore, these artistic geniuses of all varieties are the foundation of and pinnacle of humanistic achievements.
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