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ch1 Ren. and Mannerism Italy literature
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- 1Pico Della MirandolaOration on the Dignity of Man, ebate the roman church on theological and philosophical questions. focuses on centrality and importance of the individual human being, potential for perfectibility. Humanist manifesto: celebrates human potentiality.
- 2Petrarchsonnet 159, celebrates his beloves Laura, refers to Neoplatonic and humanist ideas. master of extended metaphor
- 3Francois VillonThe ballad of dead ladies. Ballade of Forgiveness. he was a vagabond, and a thief. evoke certain realities about life and death
- 4Vittoria da colonnaI live on this depraved and Lonely Cliff. member of nobility and friend to prominent artists and writers. inspiration for a number of Michelangelo's poems. all sonnet form. relationship with and love for her husband. Neoplatonic light imagery>popular in Ren. lyric poetry
- 5Baldassare CastiglioneBook of the courtier, book was very instructive, offered practical advice to the Ren. gentlemen on how to get ahead. a bit naive
- 6Niccolo MachiavelliThe Prince, book about power: seized and administered. politics=jungle only strongest prevail, maintaining moral standards and ethical behavior is naive. the end justifies the means.
- 7Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography, self-pride and self-confidence, casts himself as a hero.
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- ch1 Ren. and Mannerism Italy literature
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- Ayla de Klerk · Oct 2015
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