HUMANISM

HUMANISM

• Humanism is for those who love life, crave knowledge and seek to better education
• a humanist is someone inspiring and has influence others to do great things
• You don't have to say whether you are a humanist or not

ERASMUS

• Erasmus is one of the greatest scholars due to his travels
• On these travels he taught humanism, pacifism and conversed with other humanists
• He took ancient writings and translated them into Latin
• He was a important person in history because of how he lived his life

CERVANTES

• Cervantes is considered to be the best Spanish writer.
• He is very famous for his writings and poetry.

PETRARCH

• Petrarch is considered to be the founder of humanism
• He has been credited with the idea of change and devising a system of education for the 14th/15th century
• He Was A Popular poets of the medieval ages which inspired many others such as Shakespeare
• Petrarch devoted a lot of his time writing and mentoring those interested in writing
• His writing was also used to put together the Italian language

BOCCACCIO

• Giovanni Boccaccio is also considered a founder of the Renaissance
• While he studied law and business for a while, his initial interest was in poetry and writing
• He was a humanist, and has part credit for creating humanism
• His greatest work is The Decameron
• it tells a hundred stories of men and women who escape from the plague

RABELAIS

• Rabelais influenced many important writers
• is called a modernism precursor
• His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel
• which tells the story of two giants and their shared adventures
• he had a healthy and strong balance between mind and body

SHAKESPEARE

• Shakespeare brought new and fresh ideas with realism, drama and created hundreds of believable characters.
• He was a man of culture and knew all about the classics
• Shakespeare's drama was a thing that both delighted and frustrated humanism
• he was a man that carried all the characteristics of a humanist.
• He's a great influence and inspiration to many because of the way he wrote.

DA VINCI

• Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and genius
• His paintings the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper are most popular
• He was very interested in the natural world, human body and machines that would improve human experience
• Da Vinci had a fascination with anatomy, constantly studying what he could and perfecting his drawings
• He most likely wouldn't refer to himself as a humanist, as solitary as he was, but he was just that

SOURCE PAGE

• www.oxfordbibliographies.com
• HTTPS://muse.jhu.edu
• http://historyguide.org/intellect/humanism.html
• http://www.iep.utm.edu/humanism/
• http://www.andreascenter.org/Articles/Erasmus.htm