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The Three Ages of the Italian Renaissance (Paperback)
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The Three Ages of the Italian Renaissance (Paperback)
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Mr. Lopez reinterprets the civilization of the High Renaissance in
Italy as a dramatic succession of three ages: Youth, 1454-1494;
Maturity, 1494-1527; Decline, 1527-1559. In the first period,
political and economic stabilization brings forth a mood of
confident expectation which expresses itself in literature, art,
and philosophy, all reaching for a goal of "self-centered aesthetic
harmony." In the second period, a series of foreign invasions
shatters the political and economic well-being of the Indian elite
but does not slow down the artistic and literary drive. Whether in
hope or in sorrow, in response to shock or in escape from reality,
the Renaissance attains its glorious climax. The third period is
torn between conflicting tendencies. The political battle is lost
but there is a second economic revival; art and literature give out
despondent notes but successfully explore new channels; philosophic
permissiveness comes to an end but scientific reserach comes into
its own. Mr. Lopez's tripartition of an age which is usually
described as a single sweep adds depth to the definition of the
Italian Renaissance. It is enhanced by his fresh translations of
Renaissance poems and by twenty-four illustrations which pick out
from the incomparable wealth of Renaissance art a few historically
significant works. All the famous names are there, from Lorenzo
de'Medici to Ariosto, Machiavelli, and Cardano, from Botticelli to
Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Palladio; but one also meets a large
number of minor figures and anonymous people in the street. America
is discovered; new diseases appear; anti-Semitism reawakens;
religious unity is destroyed - these and other events form the
backdrop. The sparkling narration is thoroughly grounded in
contemporary sources.
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