Screen LibraryThe Cambridge companion to the Italian Renaissance /
"The Renaissance in Italy continues to exercise a powerful hold on the popular imagination and on scholarly enquiry. This Companion presents a lively, interdisciplinary and current approach to the period that extends in Italy from the turn of the fourteenth century through the latter decades of...
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"The Renaissance in Italy continues to exercise a powerful hold on the popular imagination and on scholarly enquiry. This Companion presents a lively, interdisciplinary and current approach to the period that extends in Italy from the turn of the fourteenth century through the latter decades of the sixteenth. Addressed to students, scholars and non-specialists, it introduces the richly varied materials and phenomena as well as the different methodologies through which the Renaissance is studied today in both the English-speaking world and in Italy. The chapters are organised around axes of h |
| Carrier Form: | xxvii, 442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780521699464 (paperback) : |
| Index Number: | DG533 |
| CLC: | K546.32 |
| Call Number: | K546.32/C178 |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: Renaissances Michael Wyatt; 1. Artistic geographies Stephen Campbell; 2. Antiquities Kathleen Christian; 3. Mapping and voyages Francesca Fiorani; 4. Artists' workshops Patricia Reilly; 5. Technologies Michael Wyatt; 6. Languages Maurizio Campanelli; 7. Manuscript, print, and the circulation of texts Brian Richardson; 8. Education Paul Grendler; 9. Verse Deanna Shemek; 10. Prose Jon Snyder; 11. Music Giuseppe Gerbino; 12. Spectacle Ronald Martinez; 13. Philosophy Diego Pirillo; 14. Religion Adriano Prosperi; 15. Political cultures Mark Jurdjevic; 16. Economie |