HIST110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Petrarch, Tintoretto, Erasmus
5 Feb 2015
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More secular, not as religious emphasized towards the individual, not the group urban, not rural: e. g. venice, milan, padua, pisa, florence. Jakob burckhardt, in the civilization of the renaissance in italy (1860: his claims and views, criticisms of those views. Renaissance some definitions: renaissance, classical past, humanism, individualism, virtu. Florentine or platonic academy: marsilio ficino (1433-1499) Translations of plato"s work into latin: pico della mirandola (1463-1494) Oration on the dignity of man (1486) (make of yourself what you want) Italian economy boosted (wealth developed arts/luxury) struggles between papacy, holy roman empire, and merchants. Petrarch (1304-1374) father of humanism : letters to the ancient dead,africa, lives of illustrious men, leads to the pursuit of virtue and excellence. Boccaccio (1313-1375: student of petrarch, decameron (written in vernacular) a series of stories. Baldassare castiglione (1478-1529: the book of the courtier (member of the court: gentleman behaviour/life) Christine de pisan (1363?-1434: the city of ladies. Nude figures with dimension and expressing emotion.
