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The Italian Renaissance
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The Italian Renaissance
Author(s): J.H. Plumb
Entertaining and informative, this definitive overview of the Italian Renaissance will both captivate ordinary readers and challenge specialists
Dr. Plumb’s impressive and provocative narrative is accompanied by contributions from leading historians, including Morris Bishop, J. Bronowski, Maria Bellonci, and many more, who have further illuminated the lives of some of the era’s most unforgettable personalities, from Petrarch to Pope Pius II, Michelangelo to Isabella d'Este, Machiavelli to Leonardo.
Spanning an age that witnessed great achievements in the arts and sciences, The Italian Rennaisance is a perfect introduction to the movement that shaped the Western world.
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ISBN: 9780618127382
Author(s): J.H. Plumb
Entertaining and informative, this definitive overview of the Italian Renaissance will both captivate ordinary readers and challenge specialists
Dr. Plumb’s impressive and provocative narrative is accompanied by contributions from leading historians, including Morris Bishop, J. Bronowski, Maria Bellonci, and many more, who have further illuminated the lives of some of the era’s most unforgettable personalities, from Petrarch to Pope Pius II, Michelangelo to Isabella d'Este, Machiavelli to Leonardo.
Spanning an age that witnessed great achievements in the arts and sciences, The Italian Rennaisance is a perfect introduction to the movement that shaped the Western world.
Review(s):
"This narrative succeeds on two levels: it will genuinely enthrall the ordinary reader, and it will goad specialists into thinking more clearly about their own positions." Times Literary Supplement
ISBN: 9780618127382