{"product_id":"the-italian-renaissance-isbn-9780631222835","title":"The Italian Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThirteen of the most important critical essays on the Italian Renaissance are brought together in this volume.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together critical essays on the Italian Renaissance.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an ideal starting point for non-specialists studying this period.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes new research as well as classic interpretations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEditorial apparatus helps students to engage with the material.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Cover Illustration. \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Understanding the Italian Renaissance. (Paula Findlen).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Was there a Renaissance State?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Civil Traditions in Premodern Italy. (Gene Brucker).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cosimo de'Medici. Pater Patriae or Padrino?. (Anthony Molho).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Urban Life and Values.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 'Kins, Friends and Neighbors': The Urban Territory of a Merchant Family in 1400. (Christiane Klapisch Zuber).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sumptuary Law and Social Relations in Renaissance Italy. (Diane Owen Hughes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Virgin on the Street Corner: The Place of the Sacred in Italian Cities. (Edward Muir).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Gender and Society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 'The Most Serious Duty'. Motherhood, Gender and Patrician Culture in Early Renaissance Venice. (Stanley Chojnacki).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Gender and Sexual Culture in Renaissance Italy. (Michael Rocke).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Power of Knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Petrach's Conception of the 'Dark Ages'. (Theodor Mommsen).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Commerce with the Classics. (Anthony Grafton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Isotta Nogarola: Women Humanists - Education for What? (Lisa Jardine).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Patronage, Art and Culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Haroes and Their Workshops: Medici Patronage and the Problem of Shared Agency. (Melissa Meriam Bullard).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Court Lady's Dilemma. Isabella d'Este and Art Collecting in the Renaissance. (Rose Marie San Juan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  ‘These are indeed the essential readings for anyone who wants to understand how contemporary scholarship has recast and reinterpreted this pivotal period in human history. Wide ranging and provocative, this exploration of the Italian Renaissance fascination with the Ancients, God, and strong leaders is underpinned by a sophisticated appreciation for the fragile foundations of society in gender relations, the intimacy of family life, and the bonds of neighborhood and community.’ \u003ci\u003eEdward Muir, Northwestern University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘This volume brings together classic, brilliant articles that were formative of present understandings of Italian Renaissance culture. Given Paula Findlen’s lively, engaging introduction, it will be an invaluable source for teaching.’ \u003ci\u003eCarol Lansing, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaula Findlen \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Italian History at Stanford University. She has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Nelson Prize from the Renaissance Society of America. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003ePossessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), for which she was awarded the 1995 Marraro Prize and the 1996 Pfizer Prize; \u003ci\u003eMerchants and Marvels \u003c\/i\u003e(2001) with Pamela Smith; and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Florence\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) with Michelle Fontaine and Duane Osheim. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eA Fragmentary Past: The Making of Museums and the Making of the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e, will appear shortly.  Thirteen of the most important critical essays on the Italian Renaissance are brought together in this volume. Designed to introduce readers to both recent and classical interpretations, the collection provides an ideal starting point for study of this period.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopics covered include the structures of power, urban life and values, gender, family and society, the power of knowledge, and patronage and art. Taken together, the readings illuminate the origins, course and outcome of the Italian Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditorial introductions and annotations to each essay provide a helpful framework for students engaging with critical aspects of the subject for the first time. An overall introduction discusses the themes and approaches that have dominated the recent historiography of the Renaissance, as well as the debates about how to define the Renaissance and its relationship to Italy; it also considers different approaches to the ‘end’ of the Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990270689509,"sku":"NP9780631222835","price":51.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631222835.jpg?v=1761787143","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-italian-renaissance-isbn-9780631222835","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}