The ugly Renaissance /

The ugly Renaissance / Alexander Lee.

Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance. Its very name conjures up awe-inspiring images of an age of lofty ideals in which life imitated the fantastic artworks for which it has become famous. But behind th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Alexander (Historian)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Renaissance > Italy.
Degeneration > Social aspects > Italy > History > To 1500.
Italy > Social life and customs > To 1500.
Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Between heaven and earth
  • The world of the Renaissance artist
  • Michelangelo's nose
  • In Peter's shadow
  • What David saw
  • The workshop of the world
  • Michelangelo in love
  • The world of the Renaissance patron
  • The art of power
  • The men with the Midas touch
  • Mercenaries and madmen
  • The unholy city
  • The Renaissance and the world
  • Filippo and the pirates
  • Salomone's crime
  • The rising crescent
  • Of human bondage
  • Brave new worlds.

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