A Short Introduction to the Renaissance

The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction

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  • Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction
  • Jerry Brotton
  • The Renaissance : a very short introduction
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    Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction

    Would you also like to submit a review for this item? You already recently rated this item. Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: Preview this item Preview this item. Oxford [England] ; New York: Very short introductions , English View all editions and formats Summary: Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Electronic books History Additional Physical Format: Document, Internet resource Document Type: Jerry Brotton Find more information about: This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale.

    It guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from art, architecture, and literature, to advances in science, trade and travel.

    Jerry Brotton

    User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. But there's a time and a place for such work, and a "Very Short Introduction" is not one of them. Rather, such books need to hit the dead center of the topic--the stuff that sets it apart, the stuff that matters. In another context, I'd love to hear Brotten talk about, say, Ottomans in the Renaissance.

    I mean—I'm the guy who put Filelfo's poetic encomium to Mehmet the Conqueror on their Classics reading list! But not in a Very Short History, where I expect to get a brilliant synthesis and theory. An introduction that gives the reader or the listener a glimpse into the historical facts of the time and the literary and artistics works produced. Short book with valuable informations.

    MarcusBastos Feb 13, This is exactly what the title says it is - a very short introduction to the Renaissance. I love this series because it lets me quickly brush up on some areas of history.

    This one is a little more scattered than some others I've looked at, but that reflects the big subject that it entails. Brotton talks about humanism, exploration, art, science and printing. He tries to keep them tied together although the connections sometimes go by the wayside. There were three key issues that I found most interesting.

    The Renaissance : a very short introduction

    The first was humanism, which is very difficult to define. But it looks like it is the basis for modern liberal arts education, which values a well-rounded education as a way for self-cultiavation more than a vocational education to gain a livelihood. The author notes, however, that the ideals we sometimes attach to humanism representative government, freedom, equality are something we project back on the period.

    Humanists were as likely to work for tyrants as not. The paycheck was more important than the message. Brotton also points out that the Renaissance was not a purely European phenomenon that shows its superiority. It was heavily influenced by earlier learning from the muslim world and India, but then built on that.

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    A global Renaissance 2. Printing a Mediterranean World. An Old Master 1. Table of contents 1. Experiments, dreams, and performances Timeline References Further Reading. Johnson Request examination copy.

    He also shows that there was no clear idealogical divide between Christian and Muslim at this time, as Europeans routinely allied with Muslim powers if they had a common enemy. Printing was also crucial to the Renaissance. Literacy was improving and many writers began writing in the vernacular rather than Latin or Greek.

    Science, poetry, novels and news were all distributed much more widely than was possible before the printing press. This meant that ideas could travel further and quicker than before, bringing more people into the creative process, which promoted more advances. He then goes on to show the changes of the Renaissance helped promote the art we associate with it so stronger.

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