Portrait of Laura, celebrated in his poetry by Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), he was known as quote," Father of Humanists". I chose this portrait of Laura because not only did Petrarch was madly in love with her or as we would say almost obsessed, but their mysterious relationship is quite interesting. As Zophy stated," Petrarch immortalized her charms in his increasingly popular Italian sonnets. he called her the candid rose, thorn compassed and shy, and yet our age's glory and despair." (Zophy, 72) And according to Wikipedia," In his "Secretum", she refused him for the very proper reason that she was already married to another man. He channeled his feelings into love poems that were exclamatory rather than persuasive, and wrote prose that showed his contempt for men who pursue women." Although Petrarch did not win over the fair lady he did make a name for himself as Zophy explains," Petrarch developed many of the fundamental ideas of Renaissance humanism and influenced generations of thinkers, both men and women." (Zophy, 73)
Very interesting! I love the quotes.
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