The Cambridge companion to the Italian Renaissance / edited by Michael Wyatt.

Other author Wyatt, Michael, 1956- editor.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxxvii, 442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCambridge companions to culture
Cambridge companions to culture. ^A410462
Contents Renaissances / Michael Wyatt -- Artistic geographies / Stephen J. Campbell -- Antiquities / Kathleen Wren Christian -- Mapping and voyages / Francesca Fiorani -- Artists' workshops / Patricia L. Reilly -- Technologies / Michael Wyatt -- Languages / Maurizio Campanelli -- Publication / Brian Richardson -- Verse / Deanna Shemek -- Prose / Jon R. Snyder -- Music / Giuseppe Gerbino -- Spectacle / Ronald L. Martinez -- Philosophy / Diego Pirillo -- Religion / Adriano Prosperi -- Political cultures / Mark Jurdjevic -- Economies / Judith C. Brown -- Social relations /Giovanni Benadusi -- Science and medicine / Katharine Park and Concetta Pennuto.
Abstract "The Renaissance in Italy continues to exercise a powerful hold on the popular imagination and on scholarly enquiry. This Companion presents a lively, interdisciplinary and current approach to the period that extends in Italy from the turn of the fourteenth century through the latter decades of the sixteenth. Addressed to students, scholars and non-specialists, it introduces the richly varied materials and phenomena as well as the different methodologies through which the Renaissance is studied today in both the English-speaking world and in Italy. The chapters are organised around axes of humanism, historiography and cultural production, and cover many areas including literature, science, music, religion, education, technology, artistic production and economics. The diffusion of the Renaissance throughout Italian territories is emphasised. Overall, the Companion provides an essential overview of a period that witnessed both a significant revalidation of the classical past and the development of new, vernacular and increasingly secular values"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 386-430) and index.
LCCN 2013024948
ISBN9780521876063 (hardback)
ISBN0521876060 (hardback)
ISBN9780521699464 (paperback)
ISBN0521699460 (paperback)

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