Giovanni Boccaccio (UK: /bəˈkætʃioʊ/ bə-KATCH-ee-oh, US: /boʊˈkɑːtʃ(i)oʊ, bəˈ-/ boh-KAH-ch(ee)oh, bə-; Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 –...
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The Decameron (redirect from Boccaccio's Decameron)
was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine"), is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)...
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and love in modern times in the style of Giovanni Boccaccio. Directed by Mario Monicelli. Written by Giovanni Arpino, Italo Calvino, Suso Cecchi d'Amico...
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Francesca da Rimini (section Giovanni Boccaccio)
one put forth by poet Giovanni Boccaccio in his commentary on the Divine Comedy, Esposizioni sopra la Comedia di Dante. Boccaccio stated that Francesca...
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Dharmanathapuranam Wynnere and Wastoure (anonymous) 1353 Giovanni Boccaccio – The Decameron c. 1355 Giovanni Boccaccio – Corbaccio c. 1360–84 John of Fordun – Chronica...
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The Book of the City of Ladies (category Giovanni Boccaccio)
1405. Trans. Rosalind Brown-Grant. London: Penguin, 1999. Print. Boccaccio, Giovanni. De mulieribus claris. English & Latin. Famous women. Ed. by Virginia...
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Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle...
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The Decameron (TV series) (category Adaptations of works by Giovanni Boccaccio)
the 14th century Italian short-story collection The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. It was released on Netflix on July 25, 2024 to generally favorable...
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4, pp. 501–503 Giovanni Boccaccio: De claris mulieribus, chapter: LXV. De romana iuvencula; English translation: Giovanni Boccaccio, Famous Women. Edited...
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to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini. The city attracts...
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book, and he who wrote it, was a pander." Inspired by Dante, author Giovanni Boccaccio invoked the name Prencipe Galeotto in the alternative title to The...
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Vittorio Taviani. It is loosely based on stories from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. During the mid-14th century, in Florence, some young people of rich...
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Tuscan dialect's use in literature by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini led to its subsequent...
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outbreaks in Europe, with many literate eyewitnesses, among them being Giovanni Boccaccio, Marchionne di Coppo Stefani, and Agnolo di Tura, whose descriptions...
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to the modern Italian Commedia. The adjective Divina was added by Giovanni Boccaccio, owing to its subject matter and lofty style, and the first edition...
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Egypt Giovanni Benelli (1921-1982), Cardinal Archbishop of Florence, Italy Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), Italian Renaissance writer Giovanni Boldini...
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Charon. In Genealogia Deorum Gentilium, the Italian Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio wrote that Charon, who he identified as the god of time, was a son...
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biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in 1361–1362. It is notable as the first collection devoted...
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Penthesilea (section Boccaccio)
dames, which included Penthesilea. Between 1361 and 1362 the Italian Giovanni Boccaccio wrote the first collection of biographies in Western literature that...
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The Decameron (film) (category Films based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio)
directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the 14th-century allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio. It is the first film of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life, the others being...
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article contains summaries and commentaries of the 100 stories within Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. Each story of the Decameron begins with a short heading...
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dictionary. The Decameron is a 14th-century writing by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, circa 1353. Decameron may also refer to: The Decameron (film), a...
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were great collectors of antique manuscripts, including Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Coluccio Salutati, and Poggio Bracciolini. Of the four, Petrarch...
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De Mulieribus Claris (category Works by Giovanni Boccaccio)
biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in Latin prose in 1361–1362. It is notable as the first...
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modern Italian language based on Petrarch's works, as well as those of Giovanni Boccaccio, and, to a lesser extent, Dante Alighieri. Petrarch was later endorsed...
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such as theatre and film, literary works such as those of Ovid and Giovanni Boccaccio may be considered sex comedies. Sex comedy was popular in 17th century...
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The Little Hours (category Films based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio)
of day three of ten of The Decameron, a collection of novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio, a 14th-century Italian writer. It stars an ensemble cast featuring...
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Western culture. It has inspired such authors as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare. Numerous episodes from...
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biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in 1361–62. It is notable as the first collection devoted...
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of Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes by the 14th-century AD poet Giovanni Boccaccio, depicted Cleopatra and Antony lying together in a Gothic-style tomb...
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