The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance (World of Art)

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This book stands firm within the vast literature on the Renaissance as the one indispensable volume

Whether you are an art lover who wants to check facts and discover the background to the masterpieces of painting and sculpture; a student who needs a guide to the complicated maze of Italian Renaissance political history; a scholar who needs a convenient, unified reference source; a traveller in Italy who wants to understand the great works of art and architecture in their context; or simply a general reader who wants to find out more about this fascinating epoch, this book stands firm within the vast literature on the Renaissance as the one indispensable volume
Extent: 360 pp
Format: paperback
Illustrations: 237
Publication date: 1983-06-13
Size: 21.0 x 14.8 cm
ISBN: 9780500201916
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Press Reviews

Its 750 entries range over music, architecture, war, diplomacy, religion, literature and social history as well as the visual arts; the major scholars at London, Berkeley, Oxford and Cambridge write many masterpieces of abridged observation ... a valuable reference work
The Connoisseur

Broad in scope and rich in content ... with many illustrations, maps, family trees and comparative tables of succession ... pithy and stimulating ... a unique encyclopaedia
Italian Studies



About the Author

Sir J R Hale (1923 – 1999) was a British historian and translator, best known for his Renaissance studies.

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