The Renaissance in National Context Paperback - 1991
by Roy Porter (Editor); Mikulas Teich (Editor)
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"The Renaissance in National Context" aims to dispel the commonly held view that the great efflorescence of art, learning and culture in the period from around 1350 to 1550 was solely or even primarily an Italian phenomenon. A team of distinguished scholars addresses the development of art, literacy and humanism across the length and breadth of Europe--from Rome to the Netherlands, from Poland to France.
The book demonstrates that the revival of letters, and the generation of new currents in artistic expression, had many sources independent of Italy, meeting numerous local needs, and serving various local functions, specific to the political, economic, social and religious climates of particular regions and principalities. In particular the authors emphasize that while the Renaissance was in a fashion backward looking, recovering the culture of Greece and Rome, it nevertheless served as the springboard for many specifically modern developments, including the diplomacy of the 'new princes,' the spread of education and printing, the growth of nationalist feeling and the birth of the 'new science'. Bridges of cultural transmission are given equal emphasis with the barriers which were to generate increased separation of linguistic and cultural domains. Three essays on major Italian centres do moreover demonstrate that the diversity of the Renaissance applies to the peninsula no less than to the rest of Europe.
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- Title The Renaissance in National Context
- Author Roy Porter (Editor); Mikulas Teich (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Text is Free of
- Pages 252
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
- Date 1991-11-29
- ISBN 9780521369701 / 0521369703
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9.01 x 6.04 x 0.69 in (22.89 x 15.34 x 1.75 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 15th Century
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Library of Congress subjects Renaissance
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90002561
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.21
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