Reseña del editor:
The development of the first universities from the 12th century onwards, growing wealth and patronage in certain cities, and above all the invention of printing and cheap paper, provided essential conditions for the Renaissance. And it was in literature and scholarship that it began, in the rebirth of classical culture that loosened the Church¿s iron grip on visual art. Paul Johnson tells the story, in turn, of Renaissance literature, sculpture, building and painting. Despite the critical importance of inventions outside Italy ¿ printing in Germany and oil painting in Holland ¿ he locates the Renaissance firmly in Italy and in Florence above all, between 1400 and 1560. There are memorable sketches of the key figures ¿ the frugal and shockingly original Donatello, the awesome Michelangelo, the delicacy of Giovanni Bellini. The final part of the book charts the spread and decline of the Renaissance, as the Catholic Church repositioned itself to counter the Reformation which the Renaissance had itself helped to produce.
Biografía del autor:
Paul Johnson was born in 1928 and educated at Stonyhurst and Oxford. He was editor of the New Statesman and is currently a columnist for the Daily Mail and the Spectator.
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- EditorialPhoenix
- Año de publicación2001
- ISBN 10 1842124617
- ISBN 13 9781842124611
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- Número de páginas176
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