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The civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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Jacob Burckhardt |
Jacob Burckhardt was born in 1818 in Basel, Switzerland. He studied history at the University of Berlin and taught art history and the Italian Renaissance in Berlin and Basel. His essay, as he called… |
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Il formaggio e i vermi
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Carlo Ginzburg,John Tedeschi,Anne C. Tedeschi |
Offers a study of culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. This bo… |
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The Italian Renaissance
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Virginia Schomp |
Discusses how and why the Renaissance began in Italy, the cultural and intellectual achievements of the Italian Renaissance, and the lasting effects of these achievements on Western civilization. |
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A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance
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Guido Ruggiero |
This volume brings together some of the most exciting renaissance scholars to suggest new ways of thinking about the period and to set a new series of agendas for Renaissance scholarship.Overturns th… |
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The young Leonardo
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Larry J. Feinberg |
"This book explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist"--
"Leonardo da Vinci is often presented as the "Transcendent Genius," removed from or ahead of his time. This boo… |
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Italy and the wider world 1860-1960
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R. J. B. Bosworth |
Richard Bosworth's overview of Italy's role in European and world politics from 1860 to 1960 is lively and iconclastic. Based on a combination of primary research and secondary material he examines I… |
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Doctors, ambassadors, secretaries
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Douglas Biow |
xviii, 224 p. : 24 cm |
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The View from Vesuvius
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Nelson Moe |
"The vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But… |
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Andrew Langley |
Do you know who designed the world's first platform shoes? Or who first used glue as a beauty aid? Eyewitness Leonardo Da Vinci takes a detailed look at the Renaissance period, revealing fascinating … |
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