Renaissances

The Cultures of Italy, 1300-1600

AvRichard MacKenney,Richard J. Overy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

This highly-illustrated book emphasizes above all the diversity of the Italian Renaissance in the period between the fourteenth and the seventeenth centuries: the enormously varied forms of cultural achievement and the different circumstances that prevailed in various contexts, both urban and courtly. Richard MacKenney examines why the great revival did not touch the whole of Italy or the majority of its people. He argues that, while the wonder and joy of classical rebirth remained vivid, there was also a dimension of anxiety, especially in the challenge that ancient cultures posed to Christian belief.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-10-29
Mått:140 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt:538 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Studies
Antal sidor:302
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780333629048

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

RICHARD MACKENNEY is Reader in Early Modern European History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Recensioner i media

'A vivid, perceptive book. Mackenney astutely articulates and integrates now classic views with new insights into a period and place which, in many ways, have come to define western culture.' - Peter Howard, Monash University 'This is an excellent, succinct and stimulating book, which manages to cut through a mass of literature and present Renaissance men and women on their own terms.' - Dr Stephen Bowd, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsA Note on Illustrations and TranslationsForewordsDeconstructionsReconstructionsContexts I: CitiesContexts II: CourtsSponsorsTime TravellersSpace TravellersSoundscapesLegaciesAfterwordsNotesOther Works of Art Referred toBibliographyIndex.