Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Petrarch (1304-1374), one of the founding fathers of humanism in Italian language and renaissance, could perhaps be described as the originator of the poetic genre 'sonnet' signified as a composition ...

Petrarch was actually the one to assign ... Portraits reflected the values of Renaissance humanism alongside economic changes that allowed wealthy families to commission their own paintings.

not secular humanism.” He continues, “I’m not sure our democracy can survive without Christianity.” It was during the Renaissance (1300–1600) philosophers like Thomas More, Erasmus, and Petrarch ...

Investigates the nature and implications of Renaissance Humanism in Italy (14th and 15th centuries) as well as its impact in Northern Europe in the 16th century. Includes the literary works of such ...

It’s time to dig the corset and elf ears out of the closet because the Arizona Renaissance Festival is back. You’re being summoned to the vibrant Village of Fairhaven, where the historical and ...

Nuclear power, in particular, has been on the cusp of a renaissance for years, driven by advances in fuel and reactor designs that promise to make a new generation of power plants safer and ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

https://doi.org/10.2979/textcult.6.2.1 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/textcult.6.2.1 Abstract One of the most interesting features of Renaissance culture in ...

General Motors and Bedrock want to knock down two towers and convert the Renaissance Center into a combination of housing, hotel units, and office space It also wants to remove the wall ...

Petrarch yearns for his beloved, Laura – who has few specific attributes bar being fair-haired and modest – even after her death. Another celebrated writer of the Italian Renaissance, Angelo Poliziano ...