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Renaissance / George Holmes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, c1996.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 031215318X (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.2/1 21
LOC classification:
  • CB361 .H65 1996
Contents:
The city as an agent of cultural innovation -- The humanist revolution -- Flemish painting -- Laurentian Florence -- Venice and the Italian despotisms -- The high Renaissance in Florence and Rome -- The new Europe of the sixteenth century -- Renaissance ideas spread to the north -- Venice in the sixteenth century -- The Renaissance in 1600.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 940.21 H751 Available 33111003576630
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From one of the world's greatest Renaissance historians comes an outstanding, lavishly illustrated survey of the culture that revolutionized Europe. During the 15th and 16th centuries, painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry and music underwent an astonishing revival. In this extraordinary book, Holmes charts the spread of this new intellectual and artistic culture across Europe, laying particular emphasis on the city as an agent for cultural innovation. 250 photos, many in color.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-269) and index.

The city as an agent of cultural innovation -- The humanist revolution -- Flemish painting -- Laurentian Florence -- Venice and the Italian despotisms -- The high Renaissance in Florence and Rome -- The new Europe of the sixteenth century -- Renaissance ideas spread to the north -- Venice in the sixteenth century -- The Renaissance in 1600.

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