Question

PLEASE HELP

Directions: Read the below primary source text and answer the questions below.

“His genius was so versatile that you might almost judge all the fine arts to be his... He played ball, hurled the javelin, ran, leaped, wrestled, and above all delighted in the steep ascent of mountains... He learned music without teachers and his compositions were approved by learned musicians... When he had begun to mature in years, neglecting everything else, he devoted himself entirely to the study of letters, and spent some years of labor on canon and civil law... At the age of twenty-four he turned to physics and the mathematical arts... Thus showing by example that men can do anything with themselves if they will..."
-Self Portrait of a Universal Man, by Alberti
PLEASE HELP
1. What do you think is the intent of this text? What was the author trying to do? that Who is the subject of this text? How do you know?.
2. What parts of the above text relate to what you already know about the renaissance?
3. What questions do you have about this text?

Answer 1

1- The intent of this text is telling us about the biography of a man's self portrait ed life, while getting the point across the author most likely was trying to inform us on how "men can do anything with themselves if they will" During the renaissance period. I know this because, the story at the beginning was left with dialogue it quotes that " “His genius was so versatile that you might almost judge all the fine arts to be his..." If people are talking good about someone high chance they have done something successful in life, This quote connects to another source stated by, "men can do anything with themselves if they will". The author was referring men to people who are reading this and also the successful man that achieved things!

2- A part that relates to the "renaissance" are, "He learned music without teachers and his compositions were approved by learned musicians"

3- (you can put any questions you have if not remove this and put "N/A"!!