... Vinci, and Michelangelo. The great artists of the period made several notable contributions to literature. The sonnets of Michelangelo are impassioned expressions of inner feelings and religious conviction. Leonardo's treatises on art and science contain principles of analysis that have profoundly influenced modern thinkers. The short narrative tale is best represented in this period. These tales formed the basis of many European literary works, such as Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. The ... social movement of the Renaissance was humanism; a philosophy based ... ...

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