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The year was 1370, and even the shimmering canals of Venice brought no joy to Francesco Petrarch. Over the last two decades, the world-renowned scholar and poet had travelled the length and breadth of Italy. But with every passing year, he found himself retreating more from social life, seeking to escape the "ignorance" of his age. "I escape the ci...

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The Italian Renaissance is one of the most fascinating and influential periods in our human history. From the 14th to the 17th century its revolutionary ideas spanned across all aspects of society, including art, literature, poetry, mathematics, science and more. It is widely understood that the word Renaissance is a French term meaning “rebirth.” ...

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Every Italian school child knows that “the fathers of the Italian language are Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, and Giovanni Boccaccio.” Indeed, these are three giants of our literature, so much so that they are probably familiar even to people who have zero interest in poetry and know nothing about medieval Italy. Last year, we’ve celebrated t...

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Saturday, February 12 | 2:30 & 8:00 PM | First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA. Click here for more information. Blue Heron is a professional early music and Renaissance vocal ensemble now in its 23rd season. Acclaimed by The Boston Globe as “one of the Boston music community’s indispensables” and hailed by Alex...

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April 18 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT. Music and literature have always been related to each other. Many composers have been inspired by literary works for their compositions. With Momenti Musicali musicians and actors work together to accompany you on a fantastic journey through notes and words. The musicians will play the pieces linked to the literary...

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Francesco Petrarca is considered the father of the Italian language and of Humanism. In the Italian literature scenario, more than everything he represents the ideals of the modern man, who wanted a clean break with the medieval past, recovering the centrality of man in the service of an absolutely innovative poetic, made of stylistic perfection th...

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By Roger Baird   Italy's richest man, and the 81-year-old driving force behind the €46bn (£40bn; $49bn) merger in the glasses industry, shows no sign of slowing down. Leonardo Del Vecchio, founder of Luxottica, the world's biggest glasses maker, has agreed a merger with French lenses maker Essilor.   Luxottica owns such brands as...

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