ch1 Ren. and Mannerism Italy literature

Question	Answer
Pico Della Mirandola	Oration 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.
Petrarch	sonnet 159, celebrates his beloves Laura, refers to Neoplatonic and humanist ideas. master of extended metaphor
Francois Villon	The ballad of dead ladies. Ballade of Forgiveness. he was a vagabond, and a thief. evoke certain realities about life and death
Vittoria da colonna	I 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
Baldassare Castiglione	Book of the courtier, book was very instructive, offered practical advice to the Ren. gentlemen on how to get ahead. a bit naive
Niccolo Machiavelli	The 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.
Benvenuto Cellini	The Autobiography, self-pride and self-confidence, casts himself as a hero.

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