Author: HOLMES, GEORGE
Title: Renaissance
Description: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297835645). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 272 pages. Profusely illustrated. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries represent Europe's greatest cultural flowering. During this period, painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry and music underwent an astonishing revival. In this extraordinarily rich book Professor George Holmes charts the spread of this new intellectual and artistic culture across the entire European continent, laying particular emphasis on the importance of the city as an agent of ciultural innovation. Drawing on extensive research he surveys the work of the great artists and writers in their social and political contexts. L NOT EX LIB NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.63 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: The Renaissance in Europe, 15th and 16th Century Art, Sculpture, Architecture 0297835645


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