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This authoritative study by a distinguished scholar presents a brilliant panorama of Italian Renaissance life, explaining how and why the period constituted a cultural revolution. It traces the influences of classical antiquity on the age's thinkers and artists and chronicles the revival of humanism, the conflict between church and empire, and the rise of both the modern state and the modern individual.
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Jacob Burckhardt
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jacob Burckhardt
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0486475972
- ISBN13
- 9780486475974
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Art, Southern Europe, Italy, Art History & Criticism, History of Art, History of Europe, Culture, Cultural History, Studying, Studies, Rebirth, 14th-16th Century
- First published
- 1860
- Original title
- Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
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- This authoritative study by a distinguished scholar presents a brilliant panorama of Italian Renaissance life, explaining how and why the period constituted a cultural revolution. It traces the influences of classical antiquity on the age's thinkers and artists and chronicles the revival of humanism, the conflict between church and empire, and the rise of both the modern state and the modern individual.