Jacob Burckhardt’s The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Renaissance in Italy: A New Modernized Version【電子書籍】[ Jacob Burckhardt ]

＜p＞This is a new modernized version of ＜em＞The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy＜/em＞ by the Swiss historian and art critic Jacob Burckhardt. It presents the text in contemporary language to improve accessibility and engagement for present-day readers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞First published in 1860, Burckhardt’s book brilliantly analyzes Italian arts, culture, politics, and society.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In reviving classical ideas and values, the Italian Renaissance was a marked departure from the Middle Ages. Here as elsewhere in the Europe of the Renaissance, the driving spirits were humanism, individualism, secularism, and the pursuit of knowledge. However, Italy had important distinctive features in the patronage of the arts, the ascent of the merchant class, the city-states, and the rise of the “Renaissance man” or “universal man” adept in multiple disciplines.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The arts both reflect and shape the society, its values, and the aspirations of individual people.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Burckhardt delves deeply into t．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る