This book contains over a hundred selections of primary sources-the historian's raw material in the form of memoirs, letters, treatises, sermons, stories, poems, drawings, paintings, and sculpture.
This book contains over a hundred selections of primary sources-the historian's raw material in the form of memoirs, letters, treatises, sermons, stories, poems, drawings, paintings, and sculpture.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lisa Kaborycha holds a Ph.D. in medieval and early modern European history from the University of California, Berkeley and has been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship with the Medici Archive Project, and Harvard's Villa I Tatti Fellowship in Italian Renaissance Studies. In addition to A Short History of Renaissance Italy (2023), she is the author of A Corresponding Renaissance: Letters Written by Italian Women, 1375-1650 (2016). For years, Kaborycha taught courses in Renaissance history for the University of California and currently works as adjunct professor at the University of New Haven Tuscany Campus and lecturer at the British Institute of Florence.
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Preface PART I: The natural world 1 Expressing reverence for all of creation 2 Giotto and the birth of "modern" art 3 A river, a mountain, a young man's soul 4 A city manages a natural disaster 5 Nature triumphs over nurture 6 Leonardo takes a close look at plants 7 How to create a realistic monster 8 Likenesses in art and in art history 9 Heretical belief in a "world soul" 10 A scientist's method of observation PART II: Under the infuence of the ancients 11 Rival humanists fght a war of words 12 Antiquity as inspiration for painters 13 Philology deployed against the papacy 14 The duke of Milan likened to Caesar 15 A triumphal arch for the king of Naples 16 Man's unique place in the cosmos 17 Women's place among humanists 18 A plea for architectural conservation 19 Benefts of civil strife in ancient Rome 20 Ancient fragmented statues speak PART III: The sacred and the secular 21 The pope asserts supreme authority 22 A scholar denies secular power of papacy 23 A cardinal's lavish party in Avignon 24 A holy woman urges the pope to reform 25 Papal patronage, largesse, and nepotism 26 Accounts of the 1527 Sack of Rome 27 The characters of two popes compared 28 Art, both sacral and sensuous 29 An artist feshes out religious doctrine 30 Religious diversity promoted in Tuscany PART IV: The arts in social context 31 Painting as profession, craft, and art 32 Sculptors in corporation and in combat 33 The patronage of Cosimo de' Medici 34 A masterpiece in a friar's cell 35 An artist seeks employment at court 36 Two ladies consider a portrait 37 Networks of musical patronage 38 Titian, his patron, and his guests 39 Perseus and his heroic sculptor 40 The performance of a renowned actor PART V: Loves, ideal and real 41 The notary who invented the love sonnet 42 A mystic marriage with Christ 43 A record of life's loves and sorrows 44 Two extramarital encounters described 45 Venus triumphs at the court in Ferrara 46 Philosophers' handbooks on love 47 A spiritual and earthly object of desire 48 A poet's amorous raptures and torments 49 Love afairs of the Olympian gods 50 An artist's love for a younger man PART VI: Politics and statecraft 51 The doge, embodiment of the state 52 Political discord in communal Italy 53 A deadly attack on the Medici family 54 A sermon on Florentine political reform 55 Cesare Borgia's assassinations 56 How the courtier ought to serve his prince 57 Praise for the Venetian constitution 58 Envisioning a queenly republic 59 Emperor Charles V in Italy 60 Art, luxury, and gifts in diplomacy PART VII: Domestic life, family, society 61 A merchant criticized by his wife 62 A Venetian noble's marriage advice 63 A saint's stepmother fles her taxes 64 A friar preaches civic and domestic peace 65 Managing matters of life, death, dowry 66 A playwright stages scenes from life 67 The professional life of a courtesan 68 Venetian ladies discuss marriage 69 A lovely child remembered 70 Sexual abuse in art and in life PART VIII: Travel, curiosity, and wonder 71 A medieval Jewish traveler in Italy 72 Marco Polo marvels at paper money 73 A merchant's literal and literary voyages 74 Claiming and renaming a wondrous land 75 A Florentine invents America 76 Poet, artist, and scientist explore the Moon 77 Belief in witches or in a new world? 78 The marvelous city of Fez described 79 A strange and wonderful museum 80 Discovery of an ideal, "nowhere" city
Preface PART I: The natural world 1 Expressing reverence for all of creation 2 Giotto and the birth of "modern" art 3 A river, a mountain, a young man's soul 4 A city manages a natural disaster 5 Nature triumphs over nurture 6 Leonardo takes a close look at plants 7 How to create a realistic monster 8 Likenesses in art and in art history 9 Heretical belief in a "world soul" 10 A scientist's method of observation PART II: Under the infuence of the ancients 11 Rival humanists fght a war of words 12 Antiquity as inspiration for painters 13 Philology deployed against the papacy 14 The duke of Milan likened to Caesar 15 A triumphal arch for the king of Naples 16 Man's unique place in the cosmos 17 Women's place among humanists 18 A plea for architectural conservation 19 Benefts of civil strife in ancient Rome 20 Ancient fragmented statues speak PART III: The sacred and the secular 21 The pope asserts supreme authority 22 A scholar denies secular power of papacy 23 A cardinal's lavish party in Avignon 24 A holy woman urges the pope to reform 25 Papal patronage, largesse, and nepotism 26 Accounts of the 1527 Sack of Rome 27 The characters of two popes compared 28 Art, both sacral and sensuous 29 An artist feshes out religious doctrine 30 Religious diversity promoted in Tuscany PART IV: The arts in social context 31 Painting as profession, craft, and art 32 Sculptors in corporation and in combat 33 The patronage of Cosimo de' Medici 34 A masterpiece in a friar's cell 35 An artist seeks employment at court 36 Two ladies consider a portrait 37 Networks of musical patronage 38 Titian, his patron, and his guests 39 Perseus and his heroic sculptor 40 The performance of a renowned actor PART V: Loves, ideal and real 41 The notary who invented the love sonnet 42 A mystic marriage with Christ 43 A record of life's loves and sorrows 44 Two extramarital encounters described 45 Venus triumphs at the court in Ferrara 46 Philosophers' handbooks on love 47 A spiritual and earthly object of desire 48 A poet's amorous raptures and torments 49 Love afairs of the Olympian gods 50 An artist's love for a younger man PART VI: Politics and statecraft 51 The doge, embodiment of the state 52 Political discord in communal Italy 53 A deadly attack on the Medici family 54 A sermon on Florentine political reform 55 Cesare Borgia's assassinations 56 How the courtier ought to serve his prince 57 Praise for the Venetian constitution 58 Envisioning a queenly republic 59 Emperor Charles V in Italy 60 Art, luxury, and gifts in diplomacy PART VII: Domestic life, family, society 61 A merchant criticized by his wife 62 A Venetian noble's marriage advice 63 A saint's stepmother fles her taxes 64 A friar preaches civic and domestic peace 65 Managing matters of life, death, dowry 66 A playwright stages scenes from life 67 The professional life of a courtesan 68 Venetian ladies discuss marriage 69 A lovely child remembered 70 Sexual abuse in art and in life PART VIII: Travel, curiosity, and wonder 71 A medieval Jewish traveler in Italy 72 Marco Polo marvels at paper money 73 A merchant's literal and literary voyages 74 Claiming and renaming a wondrous land 75 A Florentine invents America 76 Poet, artist, and scientist explore the Moon 77 Belief in witches or in a new world? 78 The marvelous city of Fez described 79 A strange and wonderful museum 80 Discovery of an ideal, "nowhere" city
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