The Italian renaissance ; culture and society in Italy / Peter Burke.
By: Burke, Peter
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BookPublisher: Cambridge : Polity, 1988Description: vi, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0745603815.Subject(s): Renaissance -- Italy | Arts, Renaissance -- Italy | Arts, Italian | Art patronage -- Italy | Artists and patrons -- Italy | Italy -- Civilization -- 1268-1559DDC classification: 709.024
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00057576 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this newly revised edition of his 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 analyzes the ways of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity. Developing a distinctive approach, the author is concerned not only with the finished works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and others, but also with the social background, patterns of recruitment, and means of subsistence of this "cultural elite." He thus makes a major contribution both to our understanding of the Italian Renaissance and to our comprehension of the complex relations between culture and society.
Previous ed. published as : Culture and society in Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540. London : Batsford, 1972
Bibliography: p. 253-279. - Includes index.