Description |
431 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, color map ; 31 cm |
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Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
The dawn of the renaissance / Petrarch -- The prince and the state / Machiavelli -- The arts / The young Michelangelo -- Florence: cradle of humanism / Lorenzo de Medici -- Milan: city of strife / Leonardo da Vinci -- Rome: splendor and the papacy / Pope Pius II -- Venice: the golden years / Doge Francesco Foscari -- The images of man / Federigo da Montefeltro -- Women of the Renaissance / Beatrice and Isabella D'este -- The spread of the Renaissance. |
Summary |
Includes biographical essays on Petrarch, Machiavelli, the young Michelangelo, Lorenzo de Medici, Leonardo da Vinci, Pope Pius II, Doge Francesco Foscari, Federigo da Montefeltro, Beatrice and Isabella D'Este. |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Renaissance -- Italy.
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Art -- Italy.
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Art. (DNLM)D001154
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Italy. (DNLM)D007558
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Art. (OCoLC)fst00815177
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Renaissance. (OCoLC)fst01094518
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Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
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Renaissance.
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Art, Italian.
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Renaissance.
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Added Author |
Ketchum, Richard M., 1922-2012, editor.
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Plumb, J. H. (John Harold), 1911-2001.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Horizon (New York, N.Y.). Horizon book of the Renaissance. New York, American Heritage Pub. Co.; Book trade distribution by Doubleday [1961] (OCoLC)561136091 |
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