... so-called universal man, who achieved greatness in more than one field. Among the most famous figures of this type were the architect, painter, organist, and writer Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo da 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. T...

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... Celio Secundo Curione wasn't a conspirator but left for Switzerland in 1542 for fear of religious persecution. Burke said that " Curion, an apparent Anabaptist, taught classics at Basel and translated Guicciardini's History of Italy into Latin"(5). Making his contribution as a humanist. But most Italian humanists weren't forced out of Italy but instead left for there own reasons. ... ideas were dangerous. Humanism and Italian culture continued to spread through the Low Countries (Netherlands, Switzerland), into France, Germany, and the Iberian Peninsula. And finally over into England, wh...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate