Giovanni Boccaccio : Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (born 1313 in Paris - December 21, 1375 in Florence) was the greatest of Petrarch's disciples and an important renaissance humanist in his own right. He was a great scholar of the classics, especially Tacitus and Livy. His own works included On Famous Women[?], the Decameron and the Tale of Filippa (which is a celebrated story within the Decameron). Boccaccio's characters are notable for their era in that they are realistic, spirited and clever individuals who are grounded in reality (In contradiction to the characters of his contemporaries, who were more concerned with the Medieval virtues of Chivalry, Piety and Humility). His greatest legacy is, however, his poems in the vernacular. In later life he turned to Christianity and repudiated many of his earlier works.His Decameron - named because its intent was to produce 10 stories by 10 travellers - was an important influence on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
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subordinate style appear in him with their greatest lustre.
composition, the luxuriant harmony and brilliancy of his colouring,
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be a complete contrast.
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of their respective manners.
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paintings, particularly the "Marriage in the Albrobrandini Palace
ages that has yet been found.
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dryness of manner, which, though by no means to be recommended for
simplicity which distinguishes his style. Like Polidoro he studied
and seemed to know perfectly the actions and gestures they would
to one much softer and richer, where there is a greater union
in the Duke of Orleans' collection; but neither these, nor any in
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