2003, ISBN: 9780198601753

Oxford, University Press, 862 p., fig. 25,1 x 4,6 x 19,8 cm, Original cloth laminated with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the Internat… Mehr…

Oxford, University Press, 862 p., fig. 25,1 x 4,6 x 19,8 cm, Original cloth laminated with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - A very good and clean copy. - Gordon Campbell, himself the epitome of the Renaissance man, with the support of his erudite team of distinguished consultants and advisers, has almost single-handedly created this authoritative elegant new reference work, a long-awaited achievement in Renaissance scholarship. 'The word ?renaissance?, French for ?rebirth?, perfectly describes the intense intellectual and cultural revival experienced in Europe, starting at the beginning of the 14th century and ending early in the 17th century. This seminal period was a time of intense activity, the fruits of which had a profound impact on the intellectual history and culture of the whole of Europe and the wider world. There is still much evidence of the enduring legacy left by the Renaissance?in thought and society as well as in art, architecture, literature, and science. With the assurance of sound knowledge, The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance is an indispensable one-volume reference ideal both for the academic or student needing specialist information and for the intelligent general reader looking for a cultural guide to the period. ISBN 9780198601753Wörterbuch / Nachschlagewerk 2003, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780198601753

Beginning in the early 14th century and continuing into the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance was a period of intense intellectual and cultural activity, the fruits of which have h… Mehr…

Beginning in the early 14th century and continuing into the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance was a period of intense intellectual and cultural activity, the fruits of which have had a profound impact on the thought, culture, philosophy, painting and sculpture, and writing of Europe and the wider world ever since. Gordon Campbell, with the help of his team of distinguished consultant and advisory editors, has created a unique new A-Z reference surveying all aspects of the Renaissance in Europe. From da Vinci to Dutch law, from gypsies to geometry, this volume contains an immense breadth of information with over 3,000 entries covering an extensive spectrum of topics including art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict. Over half of the entries are biographical, covering artists, architects, garden designers, philosophers, explorers, royalty, cardinals, reformers, statesman, writers, poets, playwrights, soldiers, rebels, woodcarvers, silversmiths, mystics, mathematicians, sculptors, and composers. With 100 stunning black-and-white illustrations, this elegant dictionary is an ideal referenc to a period that has had an enduring and important cultural influence. Media > Book, [PU: Oxford University Press]<