Analyzes the literary trends of the Italian renaissance period.
Burke has thoroughly revised and updated the text for this new edition, including a new introduction, and the book is richly illustrated throughout.
Leonardo da Vinci - Florence and the Medici - Painting styles - Michelangelo - Buildings - Printing - Warfare - Scientific thought - Analysis of the Renaissance.
The Italian Renaissance of Machines enriches our appreciation for Taccola, Giovanni Fontana, and other masters of the quattrocento and reveals how da Vinci’s ambitious achievements paved the way for Galileo’s revolutionary mathematical ...
Because there was no land to buy, the early Venetian merchant nobility remainedjust that— merchants. All of their capital was reinvested in commerce rather than spent on secure but low—yielding ground rents.
Thirteen of the most important critical essays on the Italian Renaissance are brought together in this volume. Brings together critical essays on the Italian Renaissance.
Christiane Ingremeau (Paris: Editions du Cerf, 1973–2007), 6.24.14, p. 363: “Potuit esse verus dei cultor, si quis ille monstrasset.” 45 Decembrio, De politia litteraria, 1.10.2. On forgery, see Anthony Grafton, Forgers and Critics: ...
Aspects of the Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance examines this phenomenon that produced the immortal works of da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo, and others.
Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and ...
Culture cannot find support if financial resources are lacking. ... See Ronald G. Witt, The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011).