Description
No period has been more discussed, dissected and argued over than the Renaissance, and every age has reconstructed it in its own image. Today’s emphasis is on its complexity – the way ideas, politics, religion, society, art and science depended upon and affected one another. The Renaissance Complete does away with watertight divisions by means of a lucid, innovatory system of cross-references and brings the image to centre stage. The fascinating range of topics covered includes the revival of classical learning, the printing press, the rise of the nation-state, philosophy and the role of women. The scope is all-embracing: Italy, France, Spain, Britain, Germany and the northern countries; courts and patrons, painters and sculptors, churchmen and traders, men, women and children. Over 1,000 illustrations are carefully focused on over 100 key topics, subject-matter taking precedence over art history. An impressive information resource provides biographies, timelines, bibliography, a gazetteer of museums and galleries and an illustrated glossary.
- Year Published:
- 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- Editors:
- Aston, Margaret
- ISBN:
- 9780500284599
- Number of Pages:
- 368
- Publication Date:
- 03/08/2009
- Publisher:
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Illustrations Note:
- with over 1000 illustrations in colour and black and white
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780500284599
