Autor: Maria Antonietta Terzoli

Als Urtext der europäischen Literatur ist Dantes Commedia seit Jahrhunderten Gegenstand einer exegetischen Tradition, die zahllose Kommentare und Auslegungen, aber auch wirkmächtige figurative Interp …

With 'La Gerusalemme liberata’, Torquato Tasso revived the ancient genre of epic poetry. Already during his lifetime, his work became subject to an intensive discourse on the images used – both the m …

With 'La Gerusalemme liberata’, Torquato Tasso revived the ancient genre of epic poetry. Already during his lifetime, his work became subject to an intensive discourse on the images used – both the m …

Petrarch intensively examined the visual arts of his time. He possessed a Madonna painting by Giotto and commissioned Simone Martini to create the unique frontispiece of his codex on Vergil. His work …

The reception of Boccaccio’s works began early on, throughout Europe. This is reflected impressively in the splendidly illuminated manuscripts of Filocolo, Filostrato and Teseida, De casibus virorum …