ID: 901001033 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001033	Record Type: Literature

	De casibus virorum Illustrium (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374)

Note: De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (On the Fates of Famous Men) is a work of 56 biographies in Latin prose composed by the Florentine poet Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo in the form of moral stories of the falls of famous people, similar to his work of 106 biographies On Famous Women. Written by Florentine poet and man of letters Giovanni Boccaccio, was one of the most popular literary works among the French aristocracy in the 1400s. Boccaccio's book was a collection of stories about exemplary heroes and heroines from biblical, classical, and medieval history.

Display Date: 1355-1374

Names:

	De casibus virorum Illustrium (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374) (preferred,Latin-P,D,P)
	De casibus virorum Illustrium (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374) (English-P,D,P)
	On the Fates of Famous Men (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374) (English,U,P)
	Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374) (French,U,P)
	Concerning the Fates of Illustrious Men and Women (book, Boccaccio) (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: History, Biographies> (P)
		............De casibus virorum Illustrium (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... De mulieribus claris
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: History, Biographies, De mulieribus claris (biographies, Boccaccio, 1374)) [901000923]

Other Relationships:

	author is .... Boccaccio, Giovanni (Italian writer, scholar, and draftsman, 1313-1375)
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	role/characteristic is .... biographies (literary genre)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Italian (culture or style)
	.....(European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	De casibus virorum Illustrium (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	On the Fates of Famous Men (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	Concerning the Fates of Illustrious Men and Women (book, Boccaccio) (biographies, Boccaccio, 1355–1374)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/102096/boucicaut-master-and-workshop-giovanni-boccaccio-laurent-de-premierfait-des-cas-des-nobles-hommes-et-femmes-french-about-1413-1415/