Looking good: Castiglione based his ideas of the ideal courtier on his experiences in the court of Urbino during the high Renaissance. Source: Raphael / Public Domain.

Baldassare Castiglione: The Courtier, Perfected

The term “Renaissance Man” is a reasonably well known one, which draws a pretty wide set of definitions but which basically refers to someone who is accomplished in multiple fields seen as desirable by their peers and superiors. This, both in the Renaissance and the modern day, is a big ask. It comes with assumptions