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1、Artists in Early Renaissance(外国语言文学系，英本 1101B，高玉如，1127110129)Abstract: Artists is an important part in Renaissance. Early artists played an indispensable role in Renaissance. The new thoughts were widely spread first by their works. This paper will talk about the artists and their major works.Key wo
2、rds: Renaissance; Artists; Major works1. IntroductionThe artists studied the ruins of Roman and Greek temples and put many of the principles of ancient civilization into their works. They began to be supported by individual collectors. They introduced in their works scientific theories of anatomy an
3、d perspective. Therefore, I want to introduce them to you.2. Early Renaissance Artists2.1 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)At the end of 13th century, Dante was born in Florence on the eve of the Renaissance, which is hailed by Engels the last poet of the middle ages is also the first poet in the new era.
4、 He is the founder of modern Italian and one of the developing figures of the Renaissance in Europe, he is also know for the long poem the Divine Comedy. Engel commented: the end of in the feudal Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern era of capitalism is marked by a great man, the character wa
5、s Dante, he is the last poet of the middle ages, but it is also initially a poet in the new era.2.1.1 Major works:The Divine Comedy, is the representative of the medieval literature and reach to the highest achievements. It took him 14 years to finish during his exiling time and consisted of three p
6、arts which is hell, Purgatory and Paradise, It reflects the achievements in the field of medieval culture and the major problems with the nature of the “encyclopedia”, which is also a faint glimpse of the Renaissance about humanism thoughts. Up to 14,000 lines in this epic, Dante firmly opposed to t
7、he obscurantism of the Middle Ages, to express the idea of dedication to the pursuit of truth, a far-reaching impact on next generations of European poetry.Newborn, include thirty-one lyric poetry, mainly to express nostalgic feelings, excellent quality and beautiful for Beatrice, It reached the hig
8、hest in the “gentle” and Poetry achievement.2.1.2 Other works:Philosophical poetry Banquet, lyrics , the verses set and Latin article Vulgarism Theory, political essays Kingdom, Latin poetry Pastoral and collection by Dante called Epistola, On Monarchy.2.2 Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)Giovanni Bocc
9、accio, the outstanding representative of the Italian Renaissance humanist. He opposed to the religious conservative thoughts and advocated “happiness in the world”. It is regarded as the Renaissance Declaration.2.2.1 Major works:Decameron, was written in his middle years. The book is a collection of
10、 100 tales told by seven and three younger gentlemen on their way to escape the Black Death of 1348. The tales are witty, licentious, full of praises of true love and wisdom and also satire on the hypocrisy of the priest and the aristocrat. With the Decameron the courtly themes of medieval literatur
11、e began to give way to the voice and mores of early modern society. It is the greatest achievement of prose fiction in the Middle Ages.Feiaisuola Goddess (1343-1354),is an eight row body long poem, was writing the love of the goddess and the shepherd. They offended the goddess Diana and was punished
12、 and turned into two rivers. Finally, both of them flowed into Rue Nuo River and got together. 2.2.2Other works: The narrative poem Philo Manchester Rato, and Moss Seyi Da, long poem Love Phantom, the pagan gods pedigree and Dante Biography.2.3 Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374)Petrarch was a prominent
13、figure of his time, a great figure in Italian literature and one of the great humanists during the time of the Renaissance. Petrarch often called the father of Italian Renaissance Humanism did more than any other individual in the fourteenth century to foster development of the movement. He sought t
14、o find forgotten Latin manuscripts and set in motion a search of monastic libraries throughout Europe. His qualms, however, did not prevent him from inaugurating the humanist emphasis on the use of pure classical Latin, making it fashionable for humanists to use Cicero as a model for propose and vir
15、gule for poetry.Petrarch was a courtier and a diplomat, living for a time near the papal court at Avignon and traveling extensively through Europe on diplomatic missions for such families as the Viscounti of Milan. He was a literary master not only in lyric poetry but also in prose. In his letters,
16、and treatises written in Latin, he was a repentant sinner and a great craftsman. He knows “how to make beauty yield meaning yield beauty”.2.3.1Major works:Canzoniers, is a book of lyrical songs written in his Italian dialect.2.3.2 other works:Africa, Metrical Epistles, On Contempt for worldly life, On Solitude, Ecologues and The Letters.2.4 Giotto di Bondone (about 1266-1337)Giotto was considered by many to be the founder of the modern painting and the forerunner of the Italia
