THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discu sses the social and political institutions that existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and he analyses the w ays of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity.Developing a distinctive sociological approach, Peter Burke is concerned not only with the finished works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and others, but al so with ...[Read more]