#6:   Summarize one of Jacob Burckhardt’s theses and provide one example from quattrocento Italy, explaining why it supports the argument.       Jacob Burckhardt theorized that Renaissance states emerged, in their deliberate planning, calculation, and pursuit of not just self-perpetuation but a specific design that accomplished some goal, as a work of art, efficient and beautiful to behold. Urbino during the quatracento, specifically between 1444 and 1482, embodied Burckhardt’s theory. Though Urbino during this period was ruled by a despot, the condottiero Federigo de Montefeltro, the people of Urbino thrived as a direct result of his rule. Federigo enriched his family by hiring his army out to other Renaissance city-states, and he used the wealth he accumulated on large service projects and public art projects. The people of Urbino thrived under his mild rule, and his great library attracted humanists to his city. Federigo did not pursue just his own power, he pursued the enrichment of his citizens, and his city, with it’s public art and thriving citizens, was a beauty to behold. His design, a despotic state under the thumb of a wealthy condottiero, his art, the thriving and happy Urbino.