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A Short History of the Italian Renaissance

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Award-winning historian Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance and leading tours across Italy to this new and beautifully illustrated overview, A Short History of the Italian Renaissance. Bartlett provides a lively cultural history that emphasizes many of the themes typically identified with the Italian Renaissance: the recovery of antiquity, the dignity of man, the state as a work of art, unbridled egoism, and naturalism.A Short History of the Italian Renaissance traces the roots of the Renaissance from Dante and Petrarch right through to the end of the period. The narrative is accompanied by 72 stunning colour illustrations, genealogies of the Aragon, Este, Gonzaga, Medici, Montefeltro, Sforza, and Visconti families, a map, a timeline of events, a bibliography, and an index.Contents:1. Defining the Renaissance 2. Before the Renaissance 3. Social Continuities 4. Petrarch 5. Humanism 6. The Republic of Florence 7. Rome and the Papacy 8. The Maritime States: Pisa, Genoa, and Venice 9. The Principalities 10. Renaissance Neo-Platonism 11. The Age of Crisis 12. Medici Popes and Princes 13. The Counsel of Experience in Changing Times 14. Art and Architecture 15. The End of the Renaissance in Italy Conclusion

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A Short History of the Italian Renaissance, Kenneth R. Bartlett

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Titre
A Short History of the Italian Renaissance
Langue
Anglais
Publié
2013
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souple
Pages
402
ISBN10
1442600144
ISBN13
9781442600140
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Award-winning historian Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance and leading tours across Italy to this new and beautifully illustrated overview, A Short History of the Italian Renaissance. Bartlett provides a lively cultural history that emphasizes many of the themes typically identified with the Italian Renaissance: the recovery of antiquity, the dignity of man, the state as a work of art, unbridled egoism, and naturalism.A Short History of the Italian Renaissance traces the roots of the Renaissance from Dante and Petrarch right through to the end of the period. The narrative is accompanied by 72 stunning colour illustrations, genealogies of the Aragon, Este, Gonzaga, Medici, Montefeltro, Sforza, and Visconti families, a map, a timeline of events, a bibliography, and an index.Contents:1. Defining the Renaissance 2. Before the Renaissance 3. Social Continuities 4. Petrarch 5. Humanism 6. The Republic of Florence 7. Rome and the Papacy 8. The Maritime States: Pisa, Genoa, and Venice 9. The Principalities 10. Renaissance Neo-Platonism 11. The Age of Crisis 12. Medici Popes and Princes 13. The Counsel of Experience in Changing Times 14. Art and Architecture 15. The End of the Renaissance in Italy Conclusion