Italian Renaissance, The
The Origins of Intellectual and Artistic Change Before the Reformation
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
978-0-582-49337-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this fascinating study, John Stephens inteprets the significance of the immense cultural change which took place in Italy from the time of Petrarch to the Reformation, and considers its wider contribution to Europe beyond the Alps. His important analysis (which is designed for students and serious general readers of history as well as the specialist) is not a straight narrative history; rather, it is an examination of the humanists, artists and patrons who were the instruments of this change; the contemporary factors that favoured it; and the elements of ancient thought they revived.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-49337-7 (9780582493377)
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John Stephens
Italian Renaissance, The
The Origins of Intellectual and Artistic Change Before the Reformation
E-Book
06/2014
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Routledge
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John Stephens
Italian Renaissance, The
The Origins of Intellectual and Artistic Change Before the Reformation
E-Book
06/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€80.49
Available for download
Previous edition
J.N. Stephens
The Italian Renaissance
The Origins of Intellectual and Artistic Change Before the Reformation
Book
10/1990
Longman Publishing Group
€49.44
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Person
John Stephens
Content
List of plates. List of figures. Preface. Part 1: Humanism. 1. Introduction. 2. Concepts and assumptions. 3. Humanitas. 4. The source of Humanitas. 5. Petrarch and his successors. Part 2: The artist, the patron and the sources of artistic change. 6. Introduction. 7. Theories. 8. Artistic innovation and the artist's relations. 9. The influence of humanistic ideas. 10. Conclusions. Part 3: The achievement of the Italian Renaissance. 11. Man and society. 12. The intellectual and the ideal of intellectual. 13. Classical scholarship. 14. Historiography. 15. Renaissance and reform. Postcript: Future Prospects. Bibliography. Index.