A. Arcangeli

Broschiertes Buch

Recreation in the Renaissance

Attitudes Towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, C.1425-1675

Beschreibung

In Renaissance Europe, when 'leisure classes' used social gathering to define civility and the commercialization of leisure was beginning, the human need for recreation became a cultural topos. The book explores the vocabulary of play and games; the spectrum of leisure activities, often gender-specific or appropriate to particular social groups; the medical discourse on the preservation of health, where amusements were assessed as physical exercise; the moral approach to play; legal treatises on gambling; and the visual representation of leisure.

Autor

ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI (PhD Pisa) Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Verona, has studied at the Warburg Institute (1989-90) and was a Fellow of Villa I Tatti (1998-99). His book on the cultural history of dance, Davide o Salomè, was awarded a prize (Finale Ligure Storia, 2001).

Produktdetails

• Early Modern History: Society and Culture
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-43074-1
• 1st ed. 2003
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9781349430741
• ISBN-10: 1349430749
• Artikelnr.: 45068300