The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy - Third EditionIn this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions that existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and he analyses the ways of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity. |
Contents
Illustrations | 1 |
The Arts in Renaissance Italy | 17 |
The Discovery of Social and Cultural | 32 |
Artists and Writers | 65 |
Patrons and Clients | 94 |
The Uses of Works of | 132 |
Taste | 152 |
Iconography | 171 |
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The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy, 3rd Edition Peter Burke No preview available - 2013 |