Interpretations of Renaissance Humanism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Interpretations of Renaissance Humanism write by Angelo Mazzocco. This book was released on 2006-07-01. Interpretations of Renaissance Humanism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Authored by some of the most preeminent Renaissance scholars active today, the essays of this volume give fresh and illuminating analyses of important aspects of Renaissance humanism, such as the time and causes of its origin, its connection to the papal court and medieval traditions, its classical learning, its religious and literary dimensions, and its dramatis personae. Their interpretations are varied to the point of being contradictory. The essays bear the imprint of the work of the eminent scholars of the second half of the twentieth century, especially Kristeller’s, and demonstrate an awareness of the various modes of critical inquiry that have prevailed in recent years. As such they are an important exemplar of current scholarship on Renaissance humanism and are, therefore, indispensable to the scholar who wishes to explore this pivotal cultural movement. Contributors include: Robert Black, Alison Brown, Riccardo Fubini, Paul F. Grendler, James Hankins, Eckhard Kessler, Arthur F. Kinney, Angelo Mazzocco, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Massimo Miglio, John Monfasani, Charles G. Nauert, and Ronald G. Witt.
Rome Reborn
Rome Reborn - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rome Reborn write by Anthony Grafton. This book was released on 1993-01-01. Rome Reborn available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Vatican Library contains the richest collection of western manuscripts and early printed books in the world, and its holdings have both reflected and helped to shape the intellectual development of Europe. One of the central institutions of Italian Renaissance culture, it has served since its origin in the mid-fifteenth century as a center of research for topics as diverse as the early history of the city of Rome and the structure of the universe. This extraordinarily beautiful book which contains over 200 color illustrations, introduces the reader to the Vatican Library and examines in particular its development during the Renaissance. Distinguished scholars discuss the Library's holdings and the historical circumstances of its growth, presenting a fascinating cast of characters - popes, artists, collectors, scholars, and scientists - who influenced how the Library evolved. The authors examine subjects ranging from Renaissance humanism to Church relations with China and the Islamic world to the status of medicine and the life sciences in antiquity and during the Renaissance. Their essays are supported by a lavish display of maps, books, prints, and other examples of the Library's collection, including the Palatine Virgil (a fifth-century manuscript), a letter from King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, and an autographed poem by Petrarch. The book serves as the catalog for a major exhibition at the Library of Congress that presents a selection of the Vatican Library's magnificent treasures.
Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe
Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe write by Charles G. Nauert (Jr.). This book was released on 1995-09-28. Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new textbook provides students with a highly readable synthesis of the major determining features of the European Renaissance, one of the most influential cultural revolutions in history. Professor Nauert's approach is broader than the traditional focus on Italy, and tackles the themes in the wider European context. He traces the origins of the humanist 'movement' and connects it to the social and political environments in which it developed. In a tour-de-force of lucid exposition over six wide-ranging chapters, Nauert charts the key intellectual, social, educational and philosophical concerns of this humanist revolution, using art and biographical sketches of key figures to illuminate the discussion. The study also traces subsequent transformations of humanism and its solvent effect on intellectual developments in the late Renaissance.
The Lost Italian Renaissance
The Lost Italian Renaissance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lost Italian Renaissance write by Christopher S. Celenza. This book was released on 2004. The Lost Italian Renaissance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this groundbreaking work of intellectual history, Christopher Celenza argues that serious interest in the intellectual life of Renaissance Italy can be reinvigorated-and the nature of the Renaissance itself reconceived-by recovering a major part of its intellectual and cultural activity that has been largely ignored since the Renaissance was first "discovered": the vast body of works-literary, philosophical, poetic, and religious-written in Latin by major figures such as Leonardo Bruni, Lorenzo Valla, Marsilio Ficino, and Leon Battista Alberti, as well as minor but interesting thinkers like Lapo da Castiglionchio the Younger.
Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror
Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror write by Patrick Baker. This book was released on 2015-09-29. Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism, one of the most important cultural movements in Western history. Through a series of close textual studies, Patrick Baker explores the meaning that Italian Renaissance humanism had for an essential but neglected group: the humanists themselves.
