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Giovanni Boccaccio. Giovanni Boccaccio ( UK: / bəˈkætʃioʊ /, US: / boʊˈkɑːtʃ ( i) oʊ, bə -/, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) [ nb 1] was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer ...
The Italian Renaissance ( Italian: Rinascimento [rinaʃʃiˈmento]) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Western Europe and marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
Dante Alighieri (Italian: [ˈdante aliˈɡjɛːri]; c. May 1265 – September 14, 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri [note 1] and widely known and often referred to in English mononymously as Dante (English: / ˈ d ɑː n t eɪ, ˈ d æ n t eɪ, ˈ d æ n t i /) [3] [4] was an Italian [a] poet, writer, and philosopher. [6]
Petrarch. Francis Petrarch ( / ˈpɛtrɑːrk, ˈpiːt -/; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; Latin: Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Italian: Francesco Petrarca [franˈtʃesko peˈtrarka] ), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance and one of the earliest humanists. [ 1]
Medieval and Renaissance Italian writers portrayed by Giorgio Vasari in Six Tuscan Poets (1544). From left to right: Cristoforo Landino, Marsilio Ficino, Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri, and Guido Cavalcanti. [1] Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy.
Ludovico Ariosto (Italian: [ludoˈviːko aˈrjɔsto,-ariˈɔsto]; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo 's Orlando Innamorato , describes the adventures of Charlemagne , Orlando , and the Franks as they ...
Leon Battista Alberti. Leon Battista Alberti ( Italian: [leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti]; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths. He is considered the founder of Western ...
Medieval and Renaissance Italian writers portrayed by Giorgio Vasari in Six Tuscan Poets (1544). From left to right: Cristoforo Landino, Marsilio Ficino, Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri, and Guido Cavalcanti.