Gaspara Stampa During The Renaissance Era

The Renaissance Era is known for its various forms of art, for example, music, paintings, literature, etc. This era also was filled with many talented artists. One of the more underrated artists from the Renaissance Era is Gaspara Stampa. Gaspara Stampa was one of the few famous female poets during the sixteenth century. Stampa is also known for her audience and her audience is unique compared to some of the other artists of the Renaissance Era. Gaspara Stampa was born in 1523 in Padua, Italy and she died on April 23, 1554 in Venice, Italy. The reason for Stampa’s death was a fever and colic. Stampa is well known for her poems about her affair with Collaltino di Collalto. Stampa also went through a period of depression during this time of

The audience would be the noble class or the church, because the lower classes would not be allowed to attend gatherings like the ones Stampa hosted. Also, Stampa’s family was a middle-class family, so it would not be likely that the lower-class people were invited to her gatherings, or salons. Most people during the Renaissance Era were illiterate, so they would not be able to read Stampa’s poems for themselves. The illiteracy rate was quite high during the16th century, due to education being a luxury for the upper class. Even then, many upper-class people were not able to read or write because of the Church’s rule. Stampa was able to perform and write poems, because she was one of the few people to have an education. Also, Stampa had such a big audience because she was a female poet, and there were not many female poets during the Renaissance. During the time Stampa was performing her poetry, people were leaning towards writing and reading rather than listening to poems. So, it was rare to hear of a female poet, especially one who performs her own work. During the sixteenth century in Italy, the arts were extremely popular. Stampa was able to reach out to her audience in various forms of the arts. She spoke to the culture of her audience through her literary works and then through