<span>Dec 8, 2013 - Alfredo Jaar wants to know: "Are you happy?" ... Yet as you walk by you notice that he is standing in front of a large white chart and it catches your attention. ... Chile was not a happy country in June 1980, when the Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar began taking public surveys for his Studies on Happiness project.</span><span>
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The question here is who the author of this passage is and
the answer is Baldassare Castiglione. He as an Italian writer, courtier, and
diplomat. He is recognized mainly for his "Book of the
Courtier." This effort, which depicts the model courtier, was a principal
vehicle in scattering Italian humanism into England and France.
