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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143822303321

Autore

Hale John

Titolo

England and the Italian Renaissance [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007

ISBN

1-281-32306-3

9786611323066

0-470-75570-9

0-470-75473-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe

Disciplina

303.4824204509

Soggetti

Historiography

Painting

Painting, Italian

Painting, Renaissance

Renaissance

Social Science

Painting - Appreciation - Great Britain

Painting, Renaissance - Italy

Historiography - England

Renaissance - Italy

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

England and the Italian Renaissance; Contents; Introduction; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 The Beginnings of Interest: mid-Sixteenth to mid-Seventeenth Centuries; 2 From Description to Speculation: mid-Seventeenth to Late Eighteenth Centuries; 3 Taste for Italian Paintings: (I) Sixteenth to Late Eighteenth Centuries; 4 The Medici and William Roscoe: Late Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries; 5 Taste for



Italian Paintings: (II) Late Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries; 6 Prejudice and the Term Renaissance: Early to mid-Nineteenth Century

7 Taste for Italian Paintings: (III) Early Nineteenth Century to Ruskin8 John Addington Symonds; Notes; Bibliographical Update; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This fourth edition of Sir John Hale's classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance includes a detailed introduction by Edward Chaney surveying scholarly developments since the book was first published.:.; Fourth edition of Sir John Hale's classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance, first published in 1954.; The book's focus on fundamental issues and basis in little-read primary sources ensures that it endures as an important contribution to historical scholarship. Clear, chronological narrative, beautifully written.; Provides essential understanding of the period, illumi