Humanism as a Way of Life: Leon Battista Alberti and the Legacy of Petrarch

• Autores: Gur Zak
• Localización: I Tatti studies: essays in the Renaissance, ISSN 0393-5949, Vol. 17, Nº. 1-2, 2014, págs. 217-240
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article discusses the influence of Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch on the work of Italian humanist Leon Battista Alberti, focusing on the ideal of self-care proposed by Petrarch. Topics discussed include an analysis of Petrarch's views on reading and writing as part of self-care in the book "Secretum," the dialogue "Della famiglia", and the book "Vita," both by Alberti.