Studies in the History of the Renaissance, Paperback

Continuing in the vein of his ever questioning the conventions of race melodrama through the lens of which so much American racial and cultural his...

The scientific and esoteric history of runic studies from the Renaissance to the modern era - Explores the five periods of runic revival: the Renai...

In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its ce...

Reducere. A pioneer of Italian Renaissance architecture, Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) is most famous for his daring and original ideas, among them the ma...

In this book, Christopher Celenza provides an intellectual history of the Italian Renaissance during the long fifteenth century, from c.1350-1525. ...

The act of eating is a basic human need. Yet, in all societies, quotidian choices regarding food and its consumption reveal deeply rooted shared cu...

This extraordinary story is told from the archive documents in the case of Sister Benedetta Carlini, an Abbess who was imprisoned for thirty-five y...

DescriptionReimagines the field of queer studies by asking "How do we do queer theory?" Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renais...

What is landscape? How does it differ from "land"? This book explores issues raised by the great range of ideas and images of the natural world in ...

Germany's leading role in EU economic policy following the 2008 financial crisis is in a sense only the latest step in a long history of attempts a...

Reducere. In 1872, Jacob Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays...

The first truly comprehensive analysis of the history, practice, and conservation of painting on canvas. Throughout its long history in Western art,...

Reducere. Since its original publication, Erwin Panofsky's Meaning in the Visual Arts has been standard reading for students of art history. It is both an in...

Reducere. The culmination of a lifetime's scholarly work, this pioneering study by Sister Prudence Allen traces the concept of woman in relation to man in We...

DescriptionFreshly updated for this second edition with considerable new material, this authoritative introduction to the history of Christian theo...

Reducere. In this "thought-provoking blend of history, biography, women's studies, and travelogue" (Library Journal) Mia Kankimäki recounts her enchanting tr...

Spinoza's Political Psychology advances a novel, comprehensive interpretation of Spinoza's political writings, exploring how his analysis of psycho...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of medieval battles *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the time period betw...

DescriptionThis study offers a reading of Don Quixote to argue that this work was more than just hilariously comic entertainment. Rather, it belong...