Petrarch and the Vision of Rome
Petrarch’s enthusiasm for the eternal city is balanced by a deep sense of perishability and death. Both visions – the Classical and the Augustinian – are fused into a double perspective in Petrarch’s description of Rome, transformed both by the harsh political conditions of the fourteenth century as...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Oslo Library
2017-12-01
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Series: | Acta ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historiam Pertinentia |
Online Access: | https://journals.uio.no/acta/article/view/5793 |