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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance (Paperback)
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Illustrated History
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The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European
history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it
include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and
learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the
Renaissance have changed considerably in recent decades. The
glories of Florence and the art of Raphael and Michelangelo remain
an important element of the Renaissance story, but they are now
only a part of a much wider story which looks beyond an exclusive
focus on high culture, beyond the Italian peninsula, and beyond the
fifteenth century. The Oxford Illustrated History of the
Renaissance tells the cultural history of this broader and longer
Renaissance: from seminal figures such as Dante and Giotto in
thirteenth-century Italy, to the waning of Spain's 'golden age' in
the 1630s, and the closure of the English theatres in 1642, the
date generally taken to mark the end of the English literary
Renaissance. Geographically, the story ranges from Spanish America
to Renaissance Europe's encounter with the Ottomans-and far beyond,
to the more distant cultures of China and Japan. And thematically,
under Gordon Campbell's expert editorial guidance, the volume
covers the whole gamut of Renaissance civilization, with chapters
on humanism and the classical tradition; war and the state;
religion; art and architecture; the performing arts; literature;
craft and technology; science and medicine; and travel and cultural
exchange.
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