The Italian Renaissance retains its extraordinary hold on the
historical imagination. What began as a rediscovery of the culture
and values of the Ancient World came to invent our notion of the
'Middle Ages' and continues to pose sharp and searching questions
as to what we regard as the beginning of the 'modern era'. However,
what was 'the Italian Renaissance'? Was there a single phenomenon
that affected the entire peninsula and had meaning for all or even
most of its people from the age of the painter Giotto in the
fourteenth century to the age of the astronomer Galileo in the
seventeenth? This richly-illustrated book stresses the plurality of
'the cultures of Italy' and the diversity of the Italian
Renaissance: the enormously varied forms of cultural achievement
and the different circumstances that prevailed in various contexts,
both urban and courtly. Richard Mackenney examines why the great
revival did not touch the whole of Italy or the majority of its
people and argues that, while the wonder and joy of classical
rebirth remained vivid, there was also a dimension of anxiety,
especially in the challenge that ancient cultures posed to
Christian belief. Mackenney also maintains that, in an Italian
context, the triumph of artistic and literary diversity and the
tragedy of political disunity went hand in hand. Covering art,
literature, and music, and providing an exploration of the
political and social contexts, this is an essential guide to one of
the most fascinating periods of Italian history.
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