THE THEME OF AMBITION AND LOVE IN THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
Keywords:
Renaissance, humanism, ambition, individual achievement, courtly love, patronage.Abstract
Burckhardt’s seminal work explores the Renaissance’s cultural and intellectual revival, particularly through humanism, which fueled ambition for individual achievement and creative expression. Burckhardt also examines the era’s idealization of courtly love and the interconnected role of patronage in supporting artists and scholars, reflecting how ambition and love intertwined in art, literature, and philosophy.
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