Main entry:

Burke, Peter, 1937-

Title & Author:

The Italian Renaissance : culture and society in Italy / Peter Burke.

Edition:

2. ed.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999.

Description:

vi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Culture and society in Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540. London: Batsford, [1972].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-292) and index.
pt. I. The Problem -- 1. The Arts in Renaissance Italy -- 2. The Historians: The Discovery of Social and Cultural History -- pt. II. The Arts in their Milieu -- 3. Artists and Writers -- 4. Patrons and Clients -- 5. The Uses of Works of Art -- 6. Taste -- 7. Iconography -- pt. III. The Wider Society -- 8. Worldviews: Some Dominant Traits -- 9. The Social Framework -- 10. Cultural and Social Change -- 11. Comparisons and Conclusions -- App. The Creative Elite.

Summary:

Updating his 1987 revision for all intrigued by the Italian Renaissance, Burke (cultural history, U. of Cambridge) synthesizes the social-cultural contributions to the achievements of the "cultural elite." Alas, with 35 art plates, only the cover is in color. Name index only. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691006784 (paperback)
9780691006789 (paperback)

Subject:

Renaissance Italy.
Arts, Italian.
Art patronage Italy.
Artists and patrons Italy.
Renaissance Italie.
Arts italiens.
Mécénat Italie.
Artistes et mécènes Italie.
Art patronage.
Artists and patrons.
Civilization.
Renaissance.
Italy Civilization 1268-1559.
Italie Civilisation 1268-1559.
Italy.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Added entries:

Burke, Peter. Culture and society in Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201594
Call No.: N6915 .B8 1999
Status: Available