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Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History)
Sarah Gwyneth Ross
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Description for Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History)
Hardcover. Revealing an Italian Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday people who were inspired to pursue humanistic learning. Physicians were often the most avid professionals seeking to earn the respect of their betters, advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
The world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive domain of artists and aristocrats. Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning. Ross draws on a trove of unpublished sources to reconstruct the lives of over one hundred artisans, merchants, and others on the middle rung of Venetian society who embraced the virtues of a humanistic education and passed their books and hard-earned wisdom on to their ... Read more
The world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive domain of artists and aristocrats. Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning. Ross draws on a trove of unpublished sources to reconstruct the lives of over one hundred artisans, merchants, and others on the middle rung of Venetian society who embraced the virtues of a humanistic education and passed their books and hard-earned wisdom on to their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674659834
SKU
V9780674659834
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About Sarah Gwyneth Ross
Sarah Gwyneth Ross is Associate Professor of History, Boston College.
Reviews for Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History)
Everyday Renaissances rests on a solid foundation of original archival research; Ross has mined inventories and testaments for what they can tell us about the humanistic values and aspirations of their subjects. Clearly-written and logically structured, this is a significant addition to our understanding of Venetian Renaissance humanism.
Craig Kallendorf, author of Humanist Educational Treatises An innovative, highly significant, and original ... Read more
Craig Kallendorf, author of Humanist Educational Treatises An innovative, highly significant, and original ... Read more