“100 masterpieces about love” is a unique series from the Strelbitsky publishing house, which includes the best works of all times and peoples about the most beautiful and sublime feeling - love. In each volume of the series, readers have the opportunity to get acquainted not only with the literary masterpieces of outstanding masters of words from antiquity to modern times, but also receive a photo album containing world-famous monuments of architecture and art dedicated to literary and mythical heroes. The Renaissance volume takes the reader back to the Renaissance, a literary, intellectual, and artistic flowering that began in Italy in the 14th century and subsequently spread throughout Europe. “Sonnets” is a poetic work by a prominent representative of the early Renaissance, Francesco Petrarch, dedicated to the only love of his life - Laura. “The Decameron” by Giovanni Boccaccio is the greatest literary monument of the Renaissance, standing at the origins of the Renaissance culture along with Petrarch and Dante. One hundred short stories told by the heroes of The Decameron have been exciting minds and arousing admiration for more than six centuries.