The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance ISBN 9780198862666

Covers humanism and the classical tradition, war and the state, religion, art and architecture, the performing arts, literature, craft and technology, science and medicine, and travel and cultural exchange.

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Weight 1.15 kg
Dimensions 14.5 × 18.9 × 2.5 cm
Author/s

Gordon Campbell

ISBN

9780198862666

Released

2021

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Length

448 pages

Audience

general, students, teachers

Format

print book

The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include?

Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centered upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the Renaissance have changed considerably in recent decades. The glories of Florence and the art of Raphael and Michelangelo remain an important element of the Renaissance story, but they are now only part of a much wider story that looks beyond an exclusive focus on high culture, beyond the Italian peninsula, and beyond the fifteenth century.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance tells the cultural history of this broader and longer Renaissance—from seminal figures such as Dante and Giotto in thirteenth-century Italy, to the waning of Spain’s ‘golden age’ in the 1630s, and the closure of the English theatres in 1642, the date generally taken to mark the end of the English literary Renaissance.

Geographically, the story ranges from Spanish America to Renaissance Europe’s encounter with the Ottomans and far beyond, to the more distant cultures of China and Japan. Thematically, under Gordon Campbell’s expert editorial guidance, the volume covers the whole gamut of Renaissance civilisation, with chapters on humanism and the classical tradition; war and the state; religion; art and architecture; the performing arts; literature; craft and technology; science and medicine; and travel and cultural exchange.