The ugly Renaissance
Lee, Alexander (Historian)2014
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Today, we like to think of the Renaissance as a time of cultural rebirth and artistic beauty. But in succumbing to the temptation to revel in the artistic triumphs of the Renaissance and celebrate it uncritically as an age of splendour, we are inclined to overlook the contradictions which underpinned the revival of the arts.
Main title:
The ugly Renaissance / Alexander Lee.
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Imprint:
London : Arrow Books, 2014.
Collation:
xiv, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099579472 (pbk)
Dewey class:
945.05945.05
Local class:
945.05
Language:
English
BRN:
1079984