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The Age of Shakespeare
• Francois Laroque
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This pocket-size encyclopedia, an excellent introduction to Elizabethan England, presents Shakespeare, his life, times and legacy in concise essays and well-chosen illustrations.
(GBR11, $12.95)
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The Agony and the Ecstasy, A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
• Irving Stone
• LITERATURE
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An overheated, page-turning fictionalized account of the life of master painter and sculptor Michelangelo -- and a good introduction to Renaissance Florence and Rome.
(ITL150, $16.00)
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Architecture in Italy 1500-1600
• Wolfgang Lotz
• Deborah Howard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, comprehensive introduction to Italian architecture of the 16th century.
(ITL247, $40.00)
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, informative guide to Renaissance architecture throughout Italy. with black-and-white photographs and site plans. Ideal for travelers to Italy with an interest in architecture.
(ITL34, $20.40)
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Art and Life in Renaissance Venice
• Patricia Brown
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This compact volume evokes the spirit of Renaissance Venice with authoritative essays and 120 full-color illustrations.
(ITL57, $35.20)
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The Art of Renaissance Rome, 1400-1600
• Loren Partridge
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Loren describes the art and architecture of Renaissance Rome, including villas, palaces, frescoes, sculptures, and fountains in this nicely illustrated overview.
(ITL212, $35.20)
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The Art of the Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art. With chapters on Florence and its artists, the Netherlands, early illustrated books, and many individual artists.
(ITL14, $18.95)
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As You Like It
• Paul Werstine
• Barbara Mowat
• William Shakespeare
• LITERATURE
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Part of the New Folger Library Shakespeare Series, Shakespeare's full text with a scene by scene prose summary and critical analysis.
(TTR06, $3.99)
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
• Benvenuto Cellini
• George Bull
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The story of a sculptor and goldsmith during the Italina Renaissance.
(ITL172, $15.00)
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The Book of the Courtier
• Baldasar Castiglione
• HISTORY
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Written between 1513-1518, Castiglione's classic book of etiquette was inspired by a series of conversations among a group of aristocrats at the court of Urbino in 1507. Its central theme includes the nature of graceful behaviour, especially the impression of effortlessness, or "sprezzatura."
(ITL238, $15.00)
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Bruegel
• Walter S. Gibson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated biography of Bruegel the Elder in the "World of Art" series.
(NTH41, $14.95)
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Brunelleschi's Dome, How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
• Ross King
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The story of the design and construction of the dome in the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, a tale rife with politics, cut-throat competition and mighty inspiration.
(ITL410, $15.00)
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Catherine De Medici, Renaissance Queen of France
• Leonie Frieda
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Frieda reclaims the story of this much maligned queen to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds in this vivid, meticulously researched portrait of he woman and Renaissance Europe.
(FRN875, $15.99)
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
• Jacob Burckhardt
• S. G. C. Middlemore
• Peter Gay
• HISTORY
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A classic survey of life, society and culture suring the Italian Renaissance.
(ITL307, $15.95)
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Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860
• Roy Porter
• HISTORY
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A history of England that examines the repercussions of disease before public health care.
(GBR112, $27.99)
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The Divine Comedy
• Dante Alighieri
• Charles H. Sisson
• LITERATURE
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In this classic, Dante molds a universe in which reason and faith shape social order.
(ITL310, $17.95)
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Florentine Renaissance Sculpture
• Charles Avery
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated primer on the well known sculpture of Renaissance Florence.
(ITL134, $22.95)
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History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
• David G. Wilkins
• Frederick Hartt
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A well-illustrated history of Italian art from the 13th through the 16th centuries.
(ITL308, $125.80)
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The House of Medici, Its Rise and Fall
• Christopher Hibbert
• HISTORY
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A well-written, entertaining history of the Medicis in Renaissance Florence. Great to read before going to Florence, where the influence of the Medicis and the artists they supported is still very much in evidence.
(ITL135, $16.00)
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Inventing Leonardo
• A. Richard Turner
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Turner, a leading art historian of the Renaissance, offers a lively appraisal of the controversial genius. It's an elegant and stimulating book.
(ITL79, $24.95)
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The Italian Renaissance Reader
• Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella
• Mark Musa
• ANTHOLOGY
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Introducing artists and thinkers of the Renaissance, this colelction includes selections by Francesca Petrarca, Giovanni Boccacio, Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Benvenuto Cellini.
(ITL218, $18.00)
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Leonardo da Vinci
• Kenneth Clark
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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With 128 well integrated plates and a useful chronology, this authoritative and informative book has become the standard introduction to da Vinci and his work.
(ITL78, $21.95)
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Leonardo da Vinci, The Mind of the Renaissance
• Alessandro Vezzosi
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A pocket-size encyclopedia of knowledge, this colorful book illustrates and documents the life and work of Leonardo, including a long section of excerpts from his writings.
(ITL77, $12.95)
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The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1
• Giorgio Vasari
• Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Written in the mid-16th century, Vasari starts with Giotto as painting's prophet and ends with Michelangelo as its messiah in these short, influential biographies.
(ITL17, $14.00)
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
• Ross King
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Presented with flair and backed by a wealth of research, King's captivating chronicle of Michelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel tells the story of its conception and creation.
(ITL464, $17.00)
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy, A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
• Michael Baxandall
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A short guide to looking at Renaissance art with color illustrations throughout. First published in 1972, it's an influential overview of not only how to look at art -- but how the original 15th-century audience may have seen the paintings of the period.
(ITL236, $19.95)
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Palladio and Palladianism
• Robert Tavernor
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A well illustrated guide to the work of Andrea Palladio, the 16th century Venetian architect, and his followers.
(ITL25, $16.95)
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The Perfect House, A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrew Palladio
• Witold Rybczynski
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A professor of urban studies and popular author, Rybczynski is an enlightening guide to Palladio and his influence in Italy and abroad.
(ITL590, $15.00)
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Queen Elizabeth I
• J.E. Neale
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The classic biography of the strong-minded, influential queen.
(GBR76, $16.95)
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Renaissance Florence, The Invention of a New Art
• A. Richard Turner
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A cultural and social history of the city focusing on the great art and famous monuments, featuring vivid color pictures and illustrations.
(ITL50, $35.20)
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The Renaissance in Rome
• Charles L. Stinger
• HISTORY
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A cultural portrait Rome during the Renaissance. It puts the remarkable art and architecture of the time into its cultural context.
(ITL133, $21.95)
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Renaissance Philosophy of Man, Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives
• Ernst Cassirer
• Paul Oskar Kristeller
• John H. Randall
• HISTORY
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(ITL237, $20.00)
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The Renaissance, A Short History
• Paul Johnson
• HISTORY
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The history, background, literature, sculpture, paintings and architecture of the Renaissance in just over 200 lively, thought-provoking pages.
(ITL774, $14.00)
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The Renaissance, A Very Short Introduction
• Jerry Brotton
• HISTORY
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Brotton deftly sketches the upheavals in art, architecture and society in Europe between 1400 and 1600 in this brief primer.
(ITL845, $11.95)
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Richard III
• Paul Werstine
• Barbara Mowat
• William Shakespeare
• LITERATURE
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The New Folger Library Shakespeare Series.
(TTR07, $4.99)
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Romola
• George Eliot
• LITERATURE
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George Eliot is best-known for novels of English country life, but in this book she recreates Renaissance Florence.
(ITL318, $14.00)
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Shakespeare
• David Bevington
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the bard structured around "The Seven Ages of Man" speech from "As You Like It."
(TTR04, $19.95)
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Shakespeare's English Kings, History, Chronicle and Drama
• Peter Saccio
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A history and guide to the English kings depicted in the plays of Shakespeare.
(TTR09, $19.95)
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Spain 1469-1714, A Society of Conflict
• Henry Kamen
• HISTORY
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A vivid history of the Golden Age of imperial Spain.
(SPN69, $76.40)
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Spain and Its World, 1500-1700
• John H. Elliott
• HISTORY
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A wide-ranging overview by the pre-eminent historian of the Imperial Age of Spain.
(SPN48, $35.00)
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The Stones of Florence
• Mary McCarthy
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The classic history of the art, architecture and culture of Florence. Novelist McCarthy takes us on a quick and vivid tour of the history of the Medicis and the city of Florence, focusing on Renaissance art.
(ITL15, $14.00)
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
• William Manchester
• HISTORY
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Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
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Worldly Goods, A New History of the Renaissance
• Lisa Jardine
• HISTORY
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A history of the influence of commerce on the Renaissance.
(ITL173, $19.95)
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Young Shakespeare
• Russell Fraser
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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(TTR05, $24.50)
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