Item #232239 The Renaissance: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles). Paul Johnson.

The Renaissance: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)

Modern Library, August 2002. Trade Paperback. Item #232239
ISBN: 0812966198


The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, its great heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Dante and Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thought is credited with transforming the West from medieval to modern and producing the most astonishing outpouring of artistic creation the world has ever known. But what was it? In this masterly work, the incomparable Paul Johnson tells us. He explains the economic, technological, and social developments that provide a backdrop to the age's achievements and focuses closely on the lives and works of its most important figures. A commanding short narrative of this vital period, The Renaissance is also a universally profound meditation on the wellsprings of innovation.

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