Think of the Renaissance and you might only picture the work of fine artists such as Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Van Eyck.
A lavishly illustrated survey of Renaissance art features coverage of numerous masterpieces as well as less-familiar works while providing background information on such topics as the development of the printing press, the rise of the ...
Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism.
Walter L. Strauss pp. 96-113. Published as Print Review 5 (1976). Israkel van Meckenem und der deutsche Kupfersttch des 15. Jahrhundem 750 Jahre Stadt Bocholt, 1222-11)72. Beitrage zur Ausstellung Bocholt, 1972.
This authoritative study by a distinguished scholar presents a brilliant panorama of Italian Renaissance life, explaining how and why the period constituted a cultural revolution.
Examines the impact of the Renaissance on European culture and society. Includes questions, source materials, and suggestions for activities. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
The great thing about this history book is that it has been rewritten to be age appropriate. It also comes with images for the eyes to feast on. Secure a copy of this book today!
Petrarch, Sonnets, tr. Jos. Auslander, 126. 6. Epistolae variae, no. 25, in Whitcomb, Literary Source-book of the Italian Renaissance, 13. 7. Renan, Averroes, 328. 8. Robinson and Rolf, 107. 9. Hutton, E., Giovanni Boccaccio, 3-5. 10.
The Third Edition, like the two before it, is authoritative and up-to-date. New to the Third Edition is the theme of empire.
The numbers inside the parentheses following the note numbers refer to the volume, pages are line in the Latin edition of the letters of Poggius edited by Thomas de Tonellis and published in Florence in three volumes in 1832, 1859, ...
A lively and intriguing tale of the competition between two artists, culminating in the construction of the Duomo in Florence, this is also the story of a city on the verge of greatness, and the dawn of the Renaissance, when everything ...