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The American Heritage Library

"Spanning an age that witnessed great achievements in the arts and sciences, 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. A highly readable and engaging volume, The Italian Renaissance is a perfect introduction to the movement that shaped the Western world." 

Contents

Part one:

The dawn of the Renaissance
The prince and the state
The arts
Florence: cradle of humanism
Milan: city of strife
Rome: splendor and the papacy
Venice: the golden years
The images of man; Women of the Renaissance
The spread of the Renaissance

Part two:

Petrarch, by Morris Bishop
Machiavelli, by Garrett Mattingly
The young Michelangelo, by Kenneth Clark
Lorenzo de' Medici, by Ralph Roeder
Leonardo da Vinci, by J. Bronowski
Pope Pius II, by Iris Origo
Doge Francesco Foscari, by H. R. Trevor-Roper
Federigo da Montefeltro, by Denis Mack Smith
Beatrice and Isabella d'Este, by by Maria Bellonci

Usato buone condizioni, segni di uso e del tempo, alcuni segni di penna all'anteporta e all'indice, tracce di sporco ai tagli, sgualciture.
Used, good condition, signs of use and age, some pen marks on the front door and index, traces of dirt on cuts, creases. (T-CA)

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