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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019772703321

Autore

Hale J. R (John Rigby), <1923-1999.>

Titolo

England and the Italian Renaissance : the growth of interest in its history and art / / John Hale ; introduction by Edward Chaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

9786611323066

9781281323064

1281323063

9780470755709

0470755709

9780470754733

0470754737

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Blackwell classic histories of Europe

Disciplina

303.4824204509

Soggetti

Painting - Appreciation - Great Britain

Painting, Renaissance - Italy

Historiography - England

Renaissance - Italy

Painting, Italian

Great Britain Civilization Italian influences

Italy Foreign public opinion, British

Great Britain Relations Italy

Italy Relations Great Britain

Italy Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-168) and index.

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