A Short History of Renaissance Europe: Dances Over Fire and Water: Dances Over Fire and Water
Autor Jonathan W. Zophyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 1996
As a brief introduction, this book is more representative thancomprehensive. With greater coverage of women included, this book presents the major personalities, issues, events, and ideas of the age of Renaissance and Reformation. As a secondary book, it serves as a chronological history of the times.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780131815797
ISBN-10: 0131815792
Pagini: 204
Dimensiuni: 178 x 235 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson
Seria Dances Over Fire and Water
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
ISBN-10: 0131815792
Pagini: 204
Dimensiuni: 178 x 235 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson
Seria Dances Over Fire and Water
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
Descriere
For history and humanities courses on Renaissance Europe.
Representative—rather than comprehensive—this concise and lively history of Europe between 1300 and 1500 provides brief introductions to the major personalities, issues, events, and ideas of the Age of Renaissance—emphasizing people of all ages and both genders.
It offers fuller coverage of the same topics presented in the author's combined Renaissance-Reformation edition, and can be used effectively with collections of sources and/or scholarly monographs.
Representative—rather than comprehensive—this concise and lively history of Europe between 1300 and 1500 provides brief introductions to the major personalities, issues, events, and ideas of the Age of Renaissance—emphasizing people of all ages and both genders.
It offers fuller coverage of the same topics presented in the author's combined Renaissance-Reformation edition, and can be used effectively with collections of sources and/or scholarly monographs.
Cuprins
1. Introduction: The Best and Worst of Times.
2. The Peoples of Europe.
3. An Age of Disasters.
4. Italy: Home of the Renaissance.
5. The Culture of Renaissance Humanism in Italy.
6. Painting in Renaissance Italy.
7. Renaissance Sculpture, Architecture, and Music.
8. Italy's Machiavellian Moment.
9. The Northern Monarchies and Their Expansion.
10. The Renaissance in the North.
11. Northern Renaissance Humanism.
12. Science and Technology.
Caracteristici
- Uses a jargon-free, student-friendly style throughout. Pg.___
- Organizes content around topics -- presented roughly in chronological order. Pg.___
- Offers a biographical approach to the study of art, culture, economics, exploration, religion, and politics. Pg.___
- Highlights the contributions and role of women in all aspects of the Renaissance.
- covers important women artists (e.g., Sofonisba Anguissola) and thinkers (e.g., Christine de Pizan) -- who are usually not found in traditional Renaissance texts. Pg.___
- Provides a Chronology of important persons and events in each chapter. Pg.___
- Features over 50 photographs of important pieces of Renaissance art and maps. Pg.___
- covers important women artists (e.g., Sofonisba Anguissola) and thinkers (e.g., Christine de Pizan) -- who are usually not found in traditional Renaissance texts. Pg.___
- Contains suggestions for further reading, including some of the best and most recent English-language scholarship. Pg.___