... anyone and everyone could relate to the trials experienced in the writings. Sonnets or short poems were a big focus throughout Italy. One of the biggest poets during the Renaissance was Francesco Petrarca. He wrote over 366 sonnets and encouraged the growth in literature. Yet to be altered in my mind, I find that art is the biggest classical influence during the Renaissance ... brought back some of the greatest forgotten works of literature, life, and art. Humanism was the biggest influence and it was located in the biggest mound of culture Italy. From Francesco Petrarca to Leonardo da ...

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... , where they work and live. Painters were now being supported through patrons, who were wealthy merchants who bought the paintings and sold them.There were many people involved such as Francesco Petrarch. He was a scholar and a poet who studied and wrote about Ancient Rome. Giotto was the first painter to paint what objects and people really look like. Dante was another ... ...

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... art, was not surprisingly created by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa dates back to around 1503, and is believed to be a portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. The merchant's wife is thought to be Lisa Gherardini, however now one knows the true identity of the woman in the painting for sure. The only thing that ... ...

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... the content. More and more artists were learning humanism. Humanism is a study of human beings, and human beings are treated as innocent by birth. The very first great humanist was Francesco Petrarca, he was referred to as Petrarch. He was born in Arezzo, and he also lived in Avignon, Bologna, and Montpelier (Textbook). He was a traveler himself. He believed in classical ... ...

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... sprung from the possible identifications of who this woman could be. Though it is still unclear, scholars believe, with some uncertainty, that the woman is Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, but there is a strong lack of evidence to support this. Although the woman has traditionally been identified as Lisa del Giocondo, a shortage of evidence has produced other theories ... ...

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... ://www.theartgallery.com.au/ArtEducation/greatartists/DaVinci/about/) the Mona Lisa has quickly become the archetypal model for the Renaissance portrait. The subject of the Mona Lisa, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo is presented in a mysterious way. Her slightly parted lips give her face a sense of elegance whilst the smile creeping across her face brings a sense of delicacy and mildness ... ...

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... unfinished at his death. Leonardo died in his home in France on May 2, 1519. His notebooks and paintings passed into the possession of his favorite student and long-time friend Francesco de Melzi, who had traveled to France with Leonardo in 1516. Interestingly, while we know that Leonardo was buried in the palace church, we no longer know where his grave ... ...

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... the most famous paintings in all of historyy was created during this period: the portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is of a woman, dressed in the Florentine fashion of her day and seated in a visionary, mountainous landscape. Leonardo used remarkable sfumato technique of soft, heavily shaded ... ...

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... Ages, and was spawned by the birth of the philosophy of humanism, which emphasized the importance of individual achievement in a wide range of fields. The early humanists, such as writer Francesco Petrarch, studied the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans for inspiration and ideology, mixing the philosophies of Plato and other ancient thinkers with the teachings of the Roman Catholic ... ...

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... of the famous painting consists in the detailed background which disappears in the misty atmosphere, the perfect portrayed Mona Lisa and of course her hypnotically smile. It is supposed, that Francesco di Bartolommeo del Giocondo, one of the noblest citizen of Florence, ordered to Leonardo a portrait of his third wife Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini. Leonardo started to work at this ... ...

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... not in Amboise on May 1, 1519, so he couldn't be in Amboise the day after. His notebooks and paintings were passed on to his favorite student and long-time friend Francesco de Melzi, who had traveled to France with Leonardo in 1516. An interesting fact is that, while we know that Leonardo was buried in the palace church, we no longer ... ...

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... the common residents of the town, considering them to be inferior. Despite the possible downfalls that the republic had on Venice, they had much power throughout Europe. "The philosopher-poet Francesco Petrarch (1304-74) called it mundus alter, another world." (Brown, 9) In Florence, which is considered to be the most important center of Renaissance learning in history, the Medici family dominated ... ...

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