Presents a tour of Renaissance Europe, discussing facts about fashion, diet, houses, religion, politics, culture, transportation, crime, and illness.
Anna Claybourne. EXPLORE THE WORLD The Renaissance is a great age of exploration , when Europeans discover huge parts of the world they had not even known existed . The most important voyages of exploration depart from Spain and ...
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98 Kent, F. W., 'The making of a Renaissance patron of the arts', in [26], II, pp.9—95. 99 Kent, F. W., 'Palaces, politics and society in fifteenth-century Florence', I Tatti Studies, 2 (1987): 41—70. 100 Kent, F. W. and Simons, ...
The volume is part of a series which sets writers and literary works of different types and periods in their historical, social and cultural context and provides an introduction to various genres.
Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty.
Students of Pater and the Aesthetic Movement in England will find this new, annotated edition indispensable.
Bibliography: Chapman: A Concise Bibliography by S. A. Tannenbaum, 1938; supplement, 1946. Reading List: Chapman: The Effect of Stoicism upon His Tragedies by John W. Weiler, 1949; Chapman: Sa Vie, Sa Poesie, Son Theâtre, ...
... 40 Botticelli , Sandro 15 , 18 , 40 Bruegel , Pieter , the Elder 21 Brunelleschi , Filippo 24 Leonardo da Vinci 4 ... 22 techniques 4 , 16 , 17 , 24–31 , 36-37 Rubens , Peter Paul 34 Caravaggio 34-35 , 40 careers in art 39 Catholic ...
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.
Key themes, such as humanism, art and architecture, Renaissance theatre and the invention of printing, are illustrated with quotations and exempla, making this book an invaluable source for students of the Renaissance, early modern history ...
This illustrated survey offers an introduction to this remarkable period which witnessed the achievements of figures such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Columbus and Copernicus, Calvin and Luther.
Quoted in Peter Burke , The Renaissance , London : Longmans , 1964 , p . 6 . 3. ... Crane Brinton , John B. Christopher , and Robert Lee Wolff , A History of Civilization , vol . 1 , Prehistory to 1715 , 2nd ed .
Think of the Renaissance and you might only picture the work of fine artists such as Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Van Eyck.
Examines the impact of the Renaissance on European culture and society. Includes questions, source materials, and suggestions for activities. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
This book is an invaluable source for students of the Renaissance, early modern history, and social and cultural history.
The Renaissance was a triumph of the human spirit and a confirmation of human ability, even as it affirmed the willingness of men and women to die for the right to think freely.
Individual volumes provide essential background reading for courses covering specific eras and periods. The complete nine-volume series is ideal for general courses in history and Western civilization sequences.
But what was it? In this masterly work, the incomparable Paul Johnson tells us.
Select one Student Book with all units bound together or individual units to provide more depth to an existing curriculum. Individual units may be purchased as a single copy or in packs of six copies of the same title.