Global Interests
Renaissance Art between East and West
Author: Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton Series: Picturing History
A wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art that examines the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically in the years 1450 to 1550.
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A wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art that examines the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically in the years 1450 to 1550.
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A radical and wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art which examines the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically in the years 1450 to 1550. Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton present an account of the historical interactions between Eastern and Western cultures that examines portrait medals, tapestries and equestrian images.
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“"Fresh, entertaining and finely presented" - The Economist”
About the Author
Lisa Jardine (Author)
Lisa Jardine is Director of the AHRB Research Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Professor of Renaissance Studies at University College London, and author of many books.
Jerry Brotton (Author)
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London and a leading expert in the history of cartography. He presented the BBC4 series Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession in 2010, and is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books, including Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East and West (Reaktion, 2000), co-written with Lisa Jardine, and the bestselling and prize-winning A History of the World in Twelve Maps (2012).
A radical and wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art which examines the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically in the years 1450 to 1550. Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton present an account of the historical interactions between Eastern and Western cultures that examines portrait medals, tapestries and equestrian images.
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