Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374), known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet, and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists.
Francesco Petrarca | |
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| Born | 20 July 1304 Arezz |
| Died | 19 July 1374 (aged 69) Arquà Petrarca |
| Occupation | Renaissance humanist |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Period | Early Renaissance |
Petrarch is often called the "father of humanism".[1] Based on Petrarch's works, and to a lesser extent those of Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Bembo in the 16th century created the model for the modern Italian language. Petrarch is credited with developing the sonnet with his Canzoniere to a level of perfection that would be unsurpassed to this day and spreading its use to other European languages. His sonnets were admired and imitated throughout Europe during the Renaissance and became a model for lyrical poetry. Petrarch was also known for being one of the first people to call the Middle Ages the Dark Ages, although the negative myth as we know it today is largely the legacy of romantic literature.
Petrarch Media
Santa Maria della Pieve in Arezzo
La Casa del Petrarca (birthplace) at Vicolo dell'Orto, 28 in Arezzo
Summit of Mont Ventoux
Original lyrics by Petrarch, found in 1985 in Erfurt
Petrarch's Virgil (title page) (c. 1336) Illuminated manuscript by Simone Martini, 29 x 20 cm Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan.
Petrarch revived the work and letters of the ancient Roman Senator Marcus Tullius Cicero
Portrait of Laura, celebrated in his poetry by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian poet and humanist. Portrait in the Laurentian Library, Florence
Dante Alighieri, detail from a Luca Signorelli fresco in the chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto.
References
- ↑ There are many popular examples, for a recent one this review Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine of Carol Quillen's Rereading the Renaissance
Other websites
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Wikisource has original writing related to this article: |
- Canzoniere (different edition) and other works
- Petrarch and Laura Archived 2013-07-29 at the Wayback Machine Multi-lingual site including many translated works (letters, poems, books) in the public domain and biography, pictures, music.
- Petrarch from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Excerpts from his works and letters Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- The Petrarchan Grotto
- Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374)
- Works by Petrarch at Project Gutenberg
- Poems From The Canzoniere, translated by Tony Kline.
- Petrarch - the poet who lost his head April 6, 2004 article in The Guardian regarding the exhumation of Petrarch's remains.
- Francesco Petrarca at The Online Library of Liberty
- De remediis utriusque fortunae, Cremonae, B. de Misintis ac Caesaris Parmensis, 1492.