“Petrarch expressed in 1341: The period stretching from the fall of the Roman Empire down to his age‚ a time of darkness. an era that was ‘dark’ because it was worthless not because it was little known.” This statement is true in many ways‚ yet misleading and completely wrong in others. Two opposite ends of the spectrum are Charlemagne and the Barbarians‚ one created feudalism‚ art‚ weapons and battle tactics‚ creating a kingdom that was a beacon of hope‚ while the other was a wave of death and destruction
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Development of Sonnets The development of the sonnet form was originally made as a love poem by the Renaissance Italian poet‚ Francesco Petrarch. It is always the case with immortal writers that they invent forms in response to their strong need to express ideas and emotions for which they cannot find an existing form. Petrarch had an overwhelming need for a new way of expressing the various aspects of his love for his Laura. He adapted a mediaeval song form to his purpose and the
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advances in Art‚ Literature and much other advancement. There were two major and very important elements during the renaissance. One was humanism. Humanism is the study of classical texts and ideas. Some very famous Humanists were Petrarch‚ Plato (whom was inspired by Petrarch‚ gave himself a positive view of the human “potential”) Plato is famous for writing the oration on the dignity of man. Renaissance artists were the most important and influential people during that time period. Artists include
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Italian Renaissance Study Guide Italy A. Italian City States 1. Papal States (Rome) 2. Florence 3. Venice 4. Genoa 5. Milan 6. Savoy B. Wealth 1. Venice and Genoa make lots of money in trade 2. The Papal states make money from donations‚ pilgrimages‚ sale of indulgences 3. Wealth is an important catalyst of the Renaissance‚ wealthy patrons pay for art C. Islamic World 1. The Ottoman Empire is wealthy and an important trading partner for Venice and Genoa 2. Christian contacts
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poetry common to Shakespeare’s day‚ and it is so well-conceived that the joke remains funny today. Most sonnet sequences in Elizabethan England were modeled after that of Petrarch. Petrarch’s famous sonnet sequence was written as a series of love poems to an idealized and idolized mistress named Laura. In the sonnets‚ Petrarch praises her beauty‚ her worth‚ and her perfection using an extraordinary variety of metaphors based largely on natural beauties. In Shakespeare’s day‚ these metaphors had already
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something‚ for example‚ a new painting of the Last Supper‚ it would ask the Medici family to help find one. The Medici family would then ask one of the artists they were sponsoring to make a painting of the Last Supper‚ if that’s what the Church wanted. Petrarch was one of the earliest humanists. Also‚ the Italian language was based off of Petrarch’s
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analysis. The Renaissance produced new ideas that were reflected in the arts‚ philosophy‚ and literature. Humanism was a literary movement that celebrated the individual. It also stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture. Petrarch and many other humanists would try to recover many of the classics‚ and soon realized how much classical heritage was lost. Art was a key part of humanism. The art of the time was of people‚ and supported by the Medici family‚ who were patrons of
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“Forget Not Yet” Most of Sir Thomas Wyatt’s poems focused on love and views of womanhood. Sir Thomas Wyatt’s poem "Forget not yet" is a work in the style of Francesco Petrarch‚ the great Italian poet who wrote hundreds of poems about a desperate‚ obsessive male seeking to win the love of a virtuous woman who does not return his affection. The first stanza is based around the desire of the speaker to commend himself to his lover as he talks about the many hardships he has faced and
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Respect. It means more to some people then other people can ever dream of. Some people think respect is showing that you will “listen” to them when they speak‚ others think of it as showing gratitude for doing them favors. But lets really define what respect really means. “Showing acknowledgement for some ones superiority in a certain field” is a quote from a famous philosopher. And to be honest‚ I’ll show respect to someone that can render 3d animations in a .CGI format‚ because I think that
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If a problem of universals influenced phenomenal Late Medieval developments‚ it may be said the Black Death epidemic of Europe 1347-1350 was an inevitable precursor of transitions in human spirituality and intellect. It will be this discussion’s contention to study examples from a primary source to reveal portrayed how intellectual change eradicated Black Death’s fatalistic psychological obstacle between human sin and free will. These were: “The Plague in Avignon‚” by Heyligen‚ 1347; “The Plague
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