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History of Italian Renaissance Art 6th Ed: Sixth Edition

12 reviews
David G. Wilkins, David Wilkins

Prentice Hall Art, 2006

Simply One Of The Best Books Ever!
I don't give 5-star ratings very often. I reserve them for only the best, and this is indeed the best Italian Renaissance book. I received my undergraduate degree in art history and this was the text used in my Italian Renaissance class. Now, I am completing my master's and we are using the same text, updated edition. It does not read as a textbook for those considering leisure reading. It ...

The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader (African American History (Penguin))

3 reviews
David Lewis

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995

Very well put together.
I give this book five stars because it has a wonderful cross-section of female and male Harlem Renaissance writers, and also because it includes fiction, prose (articles and essays), and poetry. This volume is nicely compiled, and it is a lovely companion to similar anthologies, such as "Trouble the Water," which is an anthology of black poetry from slavery through modern times. Also, ...

The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One

29 reviews
Margaret Lobenstine

Broadway, 2006

Wow!
This book helped me to understand myself so much better. Some parts of me that others and even myself had considered negative attributes, turn out to be good things. The Focal Points part was especially helpful, helping me to take the 3 zillion things I'm interested in down to 5 to concentrate on. I have have had a little sign on my refrigerator for years that says, " Not all who wander are ...

Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning

1 review

Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001

Arts Integration at it's best!
This book is a great review of and start off point to any school interested in Arts Integration. I loved it so much, I encouraged our school to do a book study. After my whole faculty read it, we were inspired! We have been integrating the arts for 5 years. This is a tremendous read!

Your Personal Renaissance: Twelve Steps to Finding Your Life's True Calling

1 review
Diane Dreher

Da Capo Press, 2008

Great book for finding your true self!
I loved this book. The points are clear and concise, the exercises are very helpful, and the intention behind the book is straight from the heart. You can actually feel Dreher's warm support every step of the way. I'd recommend "Your Personal Renaissance" to anyone who is trying to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives.

The Italian Renaissance

6 reviews
J.H. Plumb

Mariner Books, 2001

Renaissance is about Life
This book is informative, intelligent, and so well written that it can have a strong appeal to the reader sheerly as literature. It is also a funny book. All the intrigues, treacheries, betrayals, and cruelties perpetrated by the pillars of the Renaissance society (popes, politicians, eminent soldiers) are described so naturally, vividly, and, sometimes, unexpectedly that I could not help but ...

Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation

4 reviews
Rob Shearer

Greenleaf Press, 1996

Interesting way to cover history
My children and I really enjoyed this treatment of the Renaissance and Reformation. I recommend all the titles in this series.

The Renaissance: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)

26 reviews
Paul Johnson

Modern Library, 2002

Short and Delightful
This is the first book I read of Paul Johnson's that is not a kilopage tome. In less than 200 pages, Johnson gave the Renaissance a most delightful treatment. This book will disappoint those who try to look for exhaustive treatment of any area of literature and art of that fabulous era, or of any of the fabled masters. But it delights the reader with a short tour of the Renaissance Italy ...

Italian Renaissance Art

3 reviews
Laurie Schneider Adams

Westview Press, 2001

Italian Renaissance Art
Italian Renaisance art by Laurie Schneider Adams is a wonderful introductory text on Renaisance art. It is very clearly written with a helpful glossary for those who are not familiar with art terms. It not only explains both style and iconography of the Renaisance period but gives a great backround of the culture of the period. The illustrations in the text are wonderfuly detailed and most are ...

Renaissance Lives: Portraits Of An Age

2 reviews
Theodore Rabb

Basic Books, 2001

get to know the Renaissance & the people
Rabb picked a great selection of people to write about in this book and presents them all in such a way -- erudite, smart -- that changes in European society are detailed very well. This great book gives in-depth information about these people who characterize aspects of the changing Renaissance society & gives a very workable outline of major changes that happened among the people throughout ...

Renaissance Artists Who Inspired the World (Explore the Ages)

2 reviews
Gregory Blanch, Roberta Stathis

Ballard & Tighe, 2003

Renaissance Artists Who Inspired The World
The book Renaissance Artists Who Inspired The World as one of the Explore The Ages books was a satisfying and delightful read. As both a grade school educator and Italianate , the reader found this book to be a treasured experience . The book was a complete learning experience with text , visuals and end of book learning activities . The text was well researched and thourough . It presented a ...

Northern Renaissance Art

8 reviews
James Snyder, Larry Silver, ...

Prentice Hall, 2004

The Other Half of the Renaissance
Books on the Renaissance can be quite confusing to non-specialists. For example, Shakespeare classes in English schools discuss him as a Renaissance writer. Yet art teachers describe his near contemporary, Rubens, as the quintessential Baroque artist! So exactly what does Northern Renaissance Art cover? Is it an age that can be separated, marked out and surveyed by political or religious ...

The Mirror of the Artist: Northern Renaissance Art in its Historical Context

5 reviews
Craig Harbison

Prentice Hall, 2003

Art of the Northern Renaissance in historical context
Informative, smart and well-written, Craig Harbison's "The Mirror of the Artist" provides an excellent, brief introduction to the sensibility, historical context, and practice of art in the North. From the attitude toward realism, to patronage among the growing class of government bureaucrats, to the market for art or the influence of the Reformation, the book offers an enhanced understanding of ...

Renaissance Florence (Reissue), Perspectives Series

2 reviews
Richard N. Turner

Prentice Hall, 2005

Explaining Florence
As an art lover and architect, who has been reading extensivelly about Italy and spent three weeks exploring the city, I define this book as comprehensive, delicious to read and excellent in contents. Turner explains how the city has achieved such a moment in human civilization, not only by its art, but by its economics, technology, geography, historic context, social behavior. This book is ...

Eyewitness: Renaissance

1 review
Alison Cole

DK CHILDREN, 2000

Great book, terrific value!
This high quality, hardcover art history book discusses various aspects of the northern and Italian Renaissance. It features countless reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by virtually every Renaissance artist you can imagine. Also included are interesting historical information and little-known facts about some of the best-known works of art. Suitable for use in study by ...

The Portable Renaissance Reader

1 review

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977

Incredible Portable Reader
There are an amazing number of pieces that are included in "The Portable Renaissance Reader." These works include letters from Boccaccio and Pope Pius II to Petrarch's poetry. Other writings, such as, "Self-Protrait of a Universal Man" by Leon Battista Alberti provides a thoughtful look into the notion of what defines a "Renaissance Man." Within its impressive volume, however, with the ...

A Short History of Renaissance and Reformation Europe: Dances over Fire and Water (3rd Edition)

4 reviews
Jonathan W. Zophy

Prentice Hall, 2002

Zophy Distills the Essence of the Renaissance and Reformatio
I had the pleasure of being in Dr. Zophy's Renaissance History Graduate Seminar during the time that he was writing this book. This gave me the opportunity to see the book in its prepublished state. Despite these prejudices in favor of the book, I can honestly say that Dr. Zophy's history of the Renaissance is the most readable and accessable overview of that period that I have found. His ...

English Renaissance Drama

4 reviews

W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

Some great plays here
This is an excellent selection of plays from authors contemporary to Shakespeare. There are some real masterpieces here, such as Women Beware Women and the Maid's Tragedy, that have been unfairly neglected due to the looming presence of Shakespeare. The editing is generally fine, although perhaps a bit overdone. According to the editors, every second line includes a sexual reference. The ...

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

15 reviews
Jacob Burckhardt

BiblioBazaar, 2007

synthesis of an era
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Modern Library Classics)The Civilization offers a handy checklist for anyone wishing to delve deeper into the Medieval and Renaissance studies. The somewhat tortuous introduction which outlines the political turmoil in 15th century Italy adds weight to the two conclusions which Burckhardt makes towards the end: the Reformation had galvanized the ...

American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman

2 reviews
F. O. Matthiessen

Oxford University Press, 1968

A great work of American scholarship
The American Renaissance 1850-1855 was the time in which American Literature truly came into greatness. Melville( Moby Dick 1851) Whitman ( Leaves of Grass 1855) Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne. Matthiessen identifies the phenomenom understands that this is the real birth- note of American literature not simply as an insular provincial form but as a world- waking work. He writes with great ...

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