The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Paperback - Jacob Burckhardt

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world ...

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

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

On Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the young Sultan Mehemmed, known to history as "the Conqueror, " launched the final assault against the walls of Constant...

Reducere. Nearly a decade after Spain's conquest of Mexico, the future of Christianity on the American continent was very much in doubt. Confronted with a ho...

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The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance...

In this fascinating new history, Paul N Balchin provides a comprehensive account of one of the more formative historical periods, uniquely describi...

Reducere. The Kingdom of Kush and the ancient Nubian civilization, in general, are important not only for their achievements but also for what these achievem...

Through its examination of the religious paintings by Pontormo, this book offers a new way to understand the fraught relationship between artistic ...

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...

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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...

Reissue, previously titled }Art And Society In Italy 1350 - 1500{.

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Reducere. I was a navigator in the 459 Bomb Group 758 Bomb Squadron flying B-24's from Torre Giulia Field, tower named 'Coffee Tower', a gravel airfield near...

Reducere. In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Birth of Venus, an irrepressible young woman in 15th-century Italy must flee for her l...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty--all have been as...

Reducere. Reconstructing the activity of the "Tribunal of the Faith" in Italy during the period 1400-1600, this compelling book analyzes the ideology of its ...

This book, the first full-length study on the subject, explores Hemingway's visits throughout his life to such places as Sicily, Genoa, Rapallo, Co...

A new history uncovers the crucial role women played in the great transformations of medical science and health care that accompanied the Italian R...

Vernacular poetry in Renaissance Italy was typically created and disseminated by improvising singer-poets. This is the first comprehensive study of...

One of the only guides to the best Italian gardens open to the public, now resized to a handy 'glovebox' format and updated with all the latest inf...

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A primary mode for the creation and dissemination of poetry in Renaissance Italy was the oral practice of singing and improvising verse to the acco...

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Fruits and vegetables as erotic metaphors in still life paintings, the Florentine Baptistry replicated in sausage and cheese by Andrea del Sarto, a...

When a family feud shatters the peace of the sixteenth century Tuscan countryside, a girl is left to wander the forest alone. Years later, in Flore...

When a family feud shatters the peace of the sixteenth century Tuscan countryside, a girl is left to wander the forest alone. In Florence, a former...