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#28 Ghiberti & The Doors I
If you’ve ever been to Florence, you’ve no doubt paid a visit to the Duomo, the Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore. Known as…
#27 – Boccaccio Part Three
So let’s talk about The Decameron. The book's primary title exemplifies Boccaccio's fondness for Greek philology: Decameron combines two Greek words, δέκα, déka ("ten") and ἡμέρα, hēméra ("day"),…
#26 – Boccaccio Part Two
Let's talk about the Filocolo The title means "the one struck down by love”. It is considered to be the first novel of Italian literature written in prose.…
#25 – Boccaccio Part One
Let's talk about the other, slightly more creepy and rapey father of the Renaissance. For books in the vernacular to appear in considerable quantities, there must be a…