petrarch self portrait

Title: Petrarchan Sonnet Verse: lit!verse: poetry Pairing: Jason/Tim Rating: PG13 Petrarchan Sonnet: Named after Petrarch (1304-1374) a fourteenth century writer and the best known poet to use this form, was developed by the Italian poet Guittone of Arezzo (1230-1294) in the thirteenth century. …... There's definitely a reason for all those portraits at the Manor to be looking down on him. Everyone ..... He's aiming to be free of the shadow of self-doubt and loathing.


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Francesco-Petrarca, Self-

Seeking a middle way between Franciscan austerity and worldly excess, Petrarch offered the portrait of the virtuous, solitary individual who attained dignity through self-mastery. For Petrarch, the divine could be realized in the...
The University Bookman: Religious Modernity

In Petrarch's case we know a remarkable amount about his life and thoughts, but most of it comes from the man himself and is not necessarily factually reliable, since it is part of a lifelong artistic project: to present the self as he wished it to .... The best imitation (I paraphrase) should not resemble its model as a portrait does its sitter, but as a son does his father, with a certain 'air' of the original which recalls it immediately to mind, but does not reproduce all its features.
petrarch self portrait