Europe in the Renaissance: Metamorphoses 1400-1600 - Brossura

Aikema, Bernard; Burke, Peter; Campbell, Caroline; Castelli, Patrizia

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ISBN 10: 3775740732 ISBN 13: 9783775740739

Casa editrice: Hatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co Kg, 2016

Riassunto

The Renaissance experienced some of the most important advances in human history: the invention of the printing press using movable letters, the West's discovery of a continent and the formulation of a new view of the earth. It was a time when people sought to solve the riddles of nature, experimented with alchemy, set out to develop a new medical science, conceived a new vision of humankind and created beauty in the form of pictures and architecture, sculpture and literature. All these discoveries and creations would have been unimaginable without cultural exchange. The Renaissance was an era of dialogue and new horizons in thinking over great distances and time.

Based on numerous examples—works of art, instruments and everyday objects—this substantial publication invites readers to trace the various paths of transference. Renowned authors take us to antiquity and the Orient, to Italy and through half of Europe.

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The Renaissance experienced some of the most important advances in human history: the invention of the printing press using movable letters, the discovery of an unknown continent, and the formulation of a new view of the earth. It was a time when people sought to solve the riddles of nature, experimented with alchemy, set out to develop a new medical science, conceived a new vision of humankind, and created beauty in the form of pictures and architecture, sculpture and literature. All these discoveries and creations would have been unimaginable without cultural exchange. The Renaissance was an era of dialogue and new horizons in thinking over great distances and time.

Based on numerous examples―works of art, instruments, and objects of everyday life―this publication invites readers to trace the various paths of transference. Renowned authors take us to antiquity and the Orient, to Italy and through half of Europe.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co Kg
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3775740732
• ISBN 13: 9783775740739
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 343
• Redattore: Swiss National Museum
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile