Novelist, broadcaster and critic sarah dunant is the author of eight novels. A short history of the italian renaissance short histories. A study in culture and politics 1991, the civilization of the italian renaissance. For most people, the term still conjures up works of art by the likes of michelangelo or leonardo. So share your favorite books on the italian renaissance. What are the best books to learn in depth about the renaissance. The best renaissance books five books expert recommendations. What are the best books to learn in depth about the.
Vida hull offers an introduction to the art of the italian renaissance. The first book he printed was the bible, in latin, about 180 copies, of which 48 complete copies survive today. The renaissance was one of the greatest flowerings of artistic works in history. Libraries lacking material on the reformation or the wars of the roses may want purchase these titles. Bartlett is professor of history and renaissance studies at the university of toronto. Top 10 books on the origins of the italian renaissance. You will get your 1st month of bartleby for free when you bundle with these textbooks where solutions are. History of italian renaissance art, third edition by fredrick. The buildings of the early renaissance in florence expressed a new sense of light, clarity, and spaciousness that reflected the enlightenment and clarity of mind glorified by the philosophy of humanism. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This work provides an exploration of what italian renaissance writers, patrons, and viewers thought about the iconography of the works of art around them. A new history of italian renaissance art surveys the canon of renaissance painting and sculpture in full, while also looking at architecture, decorative and domestic arts and print media.
Packed with slides of great paintings, the lectures all streamable above or available individually here, cover painters like masaccio and botticelli, titian, da vinci, raphael, michelangelo and more. Italian renaissance learning resources a freely available resource, this site features eight units, each of which explores a different theme in italian renaissance art. Best books on the renaissance best history books and biographies about the renaissance. History of italian renaissance art, third edition by. Feb 22, 2004 novelist, broadcaster and critic sarah dunant is the author of eight novels. They are small print runs from academic presses so they are usually found in academic libraries that have a european history specialty of some. The grace of the italian renaissance princeton university press. The history of the bedroom or the dark alley is much harder to document than the lives of. On the other hand, i believe, there is a reason for all things that happen, good or bad. The italian renaissance princeton university press. A short history of the italian renaissance short histories virginia cox on. An alternative history of the italian renaissance by fletcher, catherine isbn. Rated 4 out of 5 by steve ds from very good political and cultural history this is a very nice survey of italian renaissance history. The emphasis on learning that was at the heart of the renaissance meant that a high valuation was placed on the book.
From the fall of rome to the rise of the renaissance second revised edition vol. I have absorbed hundreds of books and articles and i do mean hundreds on every conceivable artistic genre. The i tatti renaissance library, published by harvard university press, is the only series that makes available to a broad readership the major literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific works of the italian renaissance written in latin. It was also a banking and commercial capital and, after london and constantinople, the thirdlargest city in europe. My website centres on the italian renaissance, writing about the whole of art history would take up more of a life than i have available to me but my fascination with all.
Dreams, delusions and illusions in early modern culture, renaissance keywords, and women and the making of poetry in ariostos orlando furioso. Expertly curated help for short history of italian renaissance. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Italian renaissance culturehumanism is the modern term for the intellectual movement that initiated the italian renaissance, which later spread to northern europe. The i tatti renaissance library harvard university press. Italian literature italian literature the renaissance. The renaissance or rebirth is an italian idea, and the italian renaissance generally covers the periods from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth century. Bodman collection of italian renaissance manuscripts. Includes literary masters dante and machiavelli, engineering and architecture, a book about the dye markets and world trade at that time, and of course books on politics featuring the infamous borgia family. History literary criticism italian renaissance abebooks. A sourcebook 2011, and a short history of the italian renaissance 20. An alternative history of the italian renaissance by catherine fletcher is published by the bodley head rrp. It also forms an excellent basis for further study. A short history of the italian renaissance by kenneth bartlett read if youre going to look at the past, you have to understand the people who were living there and see the world through their eyes, says historian and renaissance specialist kenneth bartlett.
Sarah dunants top 10 books on the renaissance books. Her latest, the birth of venus, is a tale of art, passion and politics set in renaissance florence. How medieval readers customized their manuscripts cambridge, uk. Term that denotes the 1400s, which may also be referred to as the 15th century renaissance italian period. Early italian renaissance the history of artistic achievement. The best books on the renaissance five books expert. This tome provides the personal side of renaissance history via letters, portions of books and some poetry. Using a variety of novel sculptural techniques and innovative interpretations, donatello uniquely.
Each volume provides a reliable latin text together with an accurate, readable english translation on facing pages, accompanied by an editors. He discusses the social and political institutions that existed in italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and he analyses the ways of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity. Best history books and biographies about the renaissance. However, paul robert walkers the italian renaissance facts on file, 1995 and john clares italian renaissance gulliver, 1995 are more colorful in their appearances and approach. Articles, essays, and books jacob burkhardt the civilization of the renaissance in italy 1860 translated by s. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. It also includes the events leading up to and influencing the renaissance, as well as the impact the renaissance had on the world. Renaissance art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in europe during the renaissance. Possible clean exlibrary copy, with their stickers and or stamps. Jul 03, 2009 but seriously, any history of the italian renaissance is going to be incomplete without a good understanding of the two main influences on it, culturally. People who voted on this list 147 silver 3175 books. Jacob burckhardt, the civilization of the renaissance in italy penguin classics third printing edition, penguin books hamondsworth, 2000. Plumb examines the renaissance from several different topical areas politics, the arts, etc and well as by geography i.
In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, peter burke presents a social and cultural history of the italian renaissance. Humanist scholars believed that a body of learning called studia humanitatis humanistic studies, which was. Florence, where the italian renaissance began, was an independent republic. This remains a very influential work on the italian renaissance and especially the origins of the renaissance.
My website centres on the italian renaissance, writing about the whole of art history would take up more of a life than i have available to me but my fascination with all of art history just grows and grows. It provides a reader with a very good foundation for an appreciation of this time period on the italian peninsula. His work was progressive, challenging, and even controversial. Good thing i dropped the class that the renaissance book was intended for, as class starts in a week.
Rather than emphasizing artists biographies, campbell and cole concentrate on the works, discussing means of production, the places for which images were. Ita mac carthy is associate professor of italian and translation studies in the school of modern languages and cultures at durham university. The civilization of the renaissance in italy by jacob burckhardt 416 pages 3. This book is of medium length and is easily read and comprehended. The 15th century, devoid as it was of major poetic works, was nevertheless of very great importance because it was the century in which a new vision of human life, embracing a different conception of man. Includes letters written between members of the medici family of florence and others in their social and political circles. It was published in the 19th century by one of the most acclaimed historians of the century. This tome provides the personal side of renaissance history via letters, portions of books and.
History of italian renaissance art book by frederick hartt. The italian renaissance is a nice introduction to the period. Collection of books, incunabula, and manuscripts from the period of the renaissance. A history of literary criticism in the italian renaissance volume ii by weinberg, bernard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The humanist movement originated in florence in the mid0s and began to affect other countries shortly before 1500. A centuryandahalf ago the swiss art historian, jacob burckhardt, popularized the idea of a renaissance in 14th century italy. Its rise and fall by christopher hibbert, the vatican princess. The civilization of the renaissance in italy by jacob burckhardt 416 pages. Italian renaissance learning resources the national. Courtliness, chivalry, and courtesy from ottonian germany to the italian renaissance berkeley. Professor of renaissance studies, jerry brotton, picks the best books. List of books and articles about renaissance art online. We have this notion that the renaissance is a european phenomenon, that it emerges somewhere on the italian peninsula and affects northern europe in a.
The italian sculptor known as donatello helped to forge a new kind of artone that came to define the renaissance. This book offers a rich and exciting new way of thinking about the italian renaissance as both a historical period and a historical movement. Looking at a great number of period texts, this book shows how renaissance people often struggled to understand even straightforward iconographic meaning, let alone veiled or difficult subject matter. Ancient texts, prized as fonts of knowledge, were dispersed through decorated, luxurious manuscripts prepared for patrons who appreciated the importance of the contents and the beauty of the presentation. Renaissance secrets is an interactive bbc web site that explores select events of the late middle ages and the renaissance and discusses the process and art of writing history. The woodcuts designed for these books, in which one can find the graceful refinement of botticelli, the monumental classicism of mantegna, the idealized naturalism of titian, and the mannered elegance of salviati, are among the most beautiful prints of the italian renaissance. Plus easytounderstand solutions written by experts for thousands of other textbooks. Instead of history of italian renaissance art, i received atlas of ancient egypt instead. Art history the first historian of italian renaissance art was giorgio vasari. Art of the renaissance the italian renaissance a radical break with medieval methods of representing the visible world occurred in italy during the second half of the th cent.
The four main topics covered at the site include venice as a second hand city, renaissance hospitals, an assassination attempt on elizabeth i, and gutenbergs. Petrarch, machiavelli, guicciardini and castiglione. Citystates in renaissance italy john hopkins university press, baltimore, 1988. Bartlett focuses on political history, trends in culture and philosophical thought such as humanism and platonism, and the major thinkers. But seriously, any history of the italian renaissance is going to be incomplete without a good understanding of the two main influences on it, culturally. The main thesis of the book is that for the first time in centuries, italian society, between the 14th and 16th century, encouraged individualism and this directly led to the renaissance. The french cardinals, objecting to the new italian pope, elect their own man as clement vii and thus inaugurate the great schism of the papacy go to great schism 781417 in a dictionary of british history 1 rev ed. Middlemore, 1878 skip knox, boise state university.
After the fall of rome and the dark ages came an extraordinary period of invention and conflict that would change europe forever the medieval era and the renaissance. Now thoroughly revised and updated throughout, featuring extended discussions of mannerism and the expanding role of women in the visual arts and significant illustration program enhancements, italian renaissance art is a readable, studentfriendly, lavishlyillustrated introduction to one of the greatest periods of artistic genius in western history. Experience the majesty of the italian renaissance with these wonderful books. The european renaissance the rebirth of the classical past really began in 14thcentury italy with petrarch and boccaccio. Sarah dunants top 10 books on the renaissance the guardian.
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