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INSTITUTO FRANCESCO PETRARCA
FRANCESCO PETRARCA (1304 - 1374)
Francesco Petrarca (Arezzo, 20 de Julio 1304 - Arquá Petrarca, padua, 19 de Julio 1374) fue un lírico y humanista italiano, cuya poesia dio lugar a una corriente literaria, influyó en autores como Garciloso de la Vega (en España) William Shakespeare y Edmund Spenser (en Inglaterra), bajo el sobrenombre genérico de Petrarquismo. Tan influyente como las nuevas formas y temas que trajo a la poesía, fue su concepción humanista, con la que intentó armonizar el legado grecolatino con las ideas del cristianismo. Por otro lado Petrarca predicó la unión de toda Italia para recuperar la grandeza que había tenido en la época del imperio romano.
FRANCESCO PETRARCA (1304 - 1374)
FRANSISCO PETRACA (PETRARCH) BORN IN AREZZO, ITALY, 1304 – 1374.
Petrarch was both a lyricist and early Italian Humanist whose poetry gave rise to a literary movement which influenced such authors as William Shakespeare and Edmund Spencer in England and the Spanish writer Garcilaso de la Vega. Petrarch constructed new poetic forms and wrote about new topics which lead to the creation of what is known as Petrarchism in the Italian and Spanish languages. Petrarch’s development as a Humanist was also very important in his poetry and other writings.
He was intent on harmonizing the Greco-latin legacy with the new ideas of Christianity. Petrarch also predicted the union of Italy and a return to the greatness she had experienced during the Roman Empire.
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