Lives That Shaped the Modern Age
Hardback
Publication Date: 11/10/2011
The Renaissance burst forth in all its glory around 1500 and spread throughout Europe.This period of great creativity and productivity in the arts and sciences is illuminated in this book through the lives of more than ninety of its illustrious intellectuals, artists, literary figures, scientists, and rulers. Included are such major figures as Lorenzo and Catherine de Medici, Leonardo da Vinci, Charles V, Luther, Columbus, Copernicus, and St. Teresa of Avila, as well as lesser-known characters such as Antonio Rinaldeschi, gambler and blasphemer; Louise Labe, the jousting poetess; Dick Tarlton, the queen s comedian; Veronica Franco, courtesan and wordsmith; and Catena, rustler, robber, and bandit chief. Each section in this volume marks a chronological stage in Europe s rebirth, tying the period s intellectual currents to its political and social concerns and setting the context for the individual biographies."
- ISBN:
- 9781606060780
- 9781606060780
- Category:
- The arts: general issues
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 11-10-2011
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Getty Trust Publications
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions (mm):
- 250x150x15mm
- Weight:
- 0.67kg
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