The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
$28.00
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
18 June 1990
Summary
The Dawn of Modernity: Exploring the Italian Renaissance
For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics.
In this landmark work he depicts the Italian city-states of Florence, Venice and Rome as providing the seeds of a new form of society, and traces the rise o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140445343 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014044534X |
| Author: | Jacob Burckhardt, Peter Burke, S. Middlemore |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 18 June 1990 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 128mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“The greatest single book on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550.”- Hajo Holborn
“The greatest single book on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550.”—Hajo Holborn
About The Author
Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) intended to join the Church, but lost his faith while studying theology. Thereafter he studied history at the University of Basel, gaining his doctorate in 1843 and becoming a lecturer. He moved to the Zurich Polytechnic as Professor of Architecture and History in 1855, which is where he wrote The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. In 1858 he returned to Basel, where he lived for his work as a teacher at the University.
Peter Burke is Reader in Cultural History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Emmanuel College. He has published widely on the Renaissance and cultural history.
Peter Murray was Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at the University of London. He taught at the Courtauld Institute from 1949-1967 and was subsequently chair of Art History at Birkbeck College. He published widely on the architecture of the Renaissance. He died in 1992.
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