Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are cl
Medieval and Renaissance Italian writers portrayed by Giorgio Vasari in Six Tuscan Poets (1544). From left to right: Cristoforo Landino, Marsilio Ficino, Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri, and Guido Cavalcanti.
A depiction of Boethius teaching his students (1385). Boethius, a 6th century Christian philosopher, helped keep alive the classic tradition in post-Roman Italy.
Sordello from a 13th century manuscript
Jacobus de Voragine with the Golden Legend in his hand, fresco by Ottaviano Nelli, chapel of Palazzo Trinci, Foligno, Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as w
Italian literature
…Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian…
Etruscan fresco in the Monterozzi necropolis, 5th century BC
The Colosseum, widely considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering of ancient history
Marco Polo, 13th-century explorer
Leonardo da Vinci, quintessential Renaissance man, in a self-portrait (c. 1512)