MARTINES LAURO

(P/B) THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE FLORENTINE HUMANISTS, 1390-1460
Lauro Martines' exhaustive search of manuscript material in the state archives of Florence is the basis for a fascinating portrayal of representative humanists of the period. The Social World of the Florentine Humanists explores the wealth, family tradition, civic prominence, and intellectual achievements of these individuals while assessing the attitudes of other Florentines towards them. Martines demonstrates that humanists tended to be wealthy educated men from important families, challenging long-held assumptions about the status of hu...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(P/B) POWER AND IMAGINATION
[A] brilliant study... of the extraordinary explosion of expression in art and scholarship which made Italy the model for Europe."--Los Angeles Times...
Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

(H/B) APRIL BLOOD