The Florentine Renaissance

Informationen zum Autor Vincent Cronin was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947. In addition to being a recipient of a W.H. Heinemann Award (1955) and a Rockefeller Foundation Award (1958), Cronin is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His works have been widely translated into European languages. Klappentext Florence in the fifteenth century was the undisputed centre of the Italian Renaissance. Its legacy is apparent today in every aspect of human endeavour. Our art and science our learning and literature our Christianity and our civic liberties even our conception of what constitutes a gentleman have all been shaped by Florentine thought and deed. In this brilliant and absorbing book Vincent Cronin brings vividly to life the people and myriad achievements of this astonishingly fruitful epoch in human history. Zusammenfassung Florence in the fifteenth century was the undisputed centre of the Italian Renaissance. In this brilliant and absorbing book Vincent Cronin brings vividly to life the people and myriad achievements of this astonishingly fruitful epoch in human history.

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Cronin
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.1992
• EAN: 9780712698740
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-9874-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Civilization, ART / History / Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, florence, History of Art, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499