Isbn: 9781041074359 - connecting the renaissance (4 risultati)

Condizione: New. Leslie Carr-Riegel studied at Kalamazoo College, USA, before transferring to complete her BA at the American University in Rome. She took her first MA from the University of Durham before completing her second MA and PhD at the Central E.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Why did Italian culture come to occupy such privileged status and interest among the societies of East-Central Europe during the period 1300-1600 In 1300, East-Central Europe regarded Italy not necessarily as an undisputed center of cultural emulation but drew from a much wider range of models centered in France, Germany, and even Kievan Rus'. Two centuries later the same region was saturated with Italianate forms - architecture, humanism, diplomacy, commerce, and print - that rivaled the most sophisticated centers of the High Renaissance.This volume argues that the transformation was neither passive reception nor mere 'Italianism.' Rather, East-Central-European societies deliberately appropriated, hybridized, and reinterpreted Italian practices and values specifically to achieve their own political, economic, and intellectual aims and meet an array of regional challenges.Ranging in focus from the fourteenth-century Italian mining practices to digital Latin corpus analysis, diplomatic history, and early print studies, together the chapters in this volume present nine case studies that draw on a number of methodologies, new sources, and fresh archival research that all advance an understanding of this important and complex phenomenon. This book is a vital reading for scholars of cultural transfer, early modern studies, and East-Central European history more broadly.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Why did Italian culture come to occupy such privileged status and interest among the societies of East-Central Europe during the period 13001600? In 1300, East-Central Europe regarded Italy not necessarily as an undisputed center of cultural emulation but drew from a much wider range of models centered in France, Germany, and even Kievan Rus. Two centuries later the same region was saturated with Italianate forms architecture, humanism, diplomacy, commerce, and print that rivaled the most sophisticated centers of the High Renaissance.This volume argues that the transformation was neither passive reception nor mere Italianism. Rather, East-Central-European societies deliberately appropriated, hybridized, and reinterpreted Italian practices and values specifically to achieve their own political, economic, and intellectual aims and meet an array of regional challenges.Ranging in focus from the fourteenth-century Italian mining practices to digital Latin corpus analysis, diplomatic history, and early print studies, together the chapters in this volume present nine case studies that draw on a number of methodologies, new sources, and fresh archival research that all advance an understanding of this important and complex phenomenon. This book is a vital reading for scholars of cultural transfer, early modern studies, and East-Central European history more broadly. Why did Italian culture come to occupy such privileged status and interest among the societies of East-Central Europe during the period 13001600? Two centuries after 1300, East-Central Europe was saturated with Italianate forms that rivalled the most sophisticated centers of the High Renaissance. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Why did Italian culture come to occupy such privileged status and interest among the societies of East-Central Europe during the period 13001600? In 1300, East-Central Europe regarded Italy not necessarily as an undisputed center of cultural emulation but drew from a much wider range of models centered in France, Germany, and even Kievan Rus. Two centuries later the same region was saturated with Italianate forms architecture, humanism, diplomacy, commerce, and print that rivaled the most sophisticated centers of the High Renaissance.This volume argues that the transformation was neither passive reception nor mere Italianism. Rather, East-Central-European societies deliberately appropriated, hybridized, and reinterpreted Italian practices and values specifically to achieve their own political, economic, and intellectual aims and meet an array of regional challenges.Ranging in focus from the fourteenth-century Italian mining practices to digital Latin corpus analysis, diplomatic history, and early print studies, together the chapters in this volume present nine case studies that draw on a number of methodologies, new sources, and fresh archival research that all advance an understanding of this important and complex phenomenon. This book is a vital reading for scholars of cultural transfer, early modern studies, and East-Central European history more broadly. Why did Italian culture come to occupy such privileged status and interest among the societies of East-Central Europe during the period 13001600? Two centuries after 1300, East-Central Europe was saturated with Italianate forms that rivalled the most sophisticated centers of the High Renaissance. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…