Renaissance? : perceptions of continuity and discontinuity in Europe, c.1300-c.1550 / edited by Alexander Lee, Pit Peporte, Harry Schnitker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

iMinds.

Contributor:

Lee, Alexander.

Péporté, Pit.

Schnitker, Harry.

Series:

Brill ebook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance.

Continuity--Social aspects--Europe--History.

Continuity.

Perception--Social aspects--Europe--History.

Perception.

Arts, Renaissance.

Europe--Civilization--Classical influences.

Europe.

Europe--Intellectual life.

Europe--Geography.

Europe--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At least since the publication of Burckhardt’s seminal study, the Renaissance has commonly been understood in terms of discontinuities. Seen as a radical departure from the intellectual and cultural norms of the ‘Middle Ages’, it has often been associated with the revival of classical Antiquity and the transformation of the arts, and has been viewed primarily as an Italian phenomenon. In keeping with recent revisionist trends, however, the essays in this volume explore moments of profound intellectual, artistic, and geographical continuity which challenge preconceptions of the Renaissance. Examining themes such as Shakespearian tragedy, Michelangelo’s mythologies, Johannes Tinctoris’ view of music, the advent of printing, Burgundian book collections, and Bohemian ‘renovatio’, this volume casts a revealing new light on the Renaissance. Contributors include Klára Benešovská, Robert Black, Stephen Bowd, Matteo Burioni, Ingrid Ciulisová, Johannes Grave, Luke Houghton, Robin Kirkpatrick, Alexander Lee, Diotima Liantini, Andrew Pettegree, Rhys W. Roark, Maria Ruvoldt, Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Robin Sowerby, George Steiris, Rob C. Wegman, and Hanno Wijsman.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A. Lee , H. Schnitker and P. Péporté

General Introduction / Stephen Bowd

Introduction: Veteris Vestigia Flammae? The ‘Rebirths’ Of Antiquity / Luke Houghton

The Renaissance And The Middle Ages: Chronologies, Ideologies, Geographies / Robert Black

Shakespeare And The ‘Tragedy’ Of The Renaissance / Robin Kirkpatrick

‘Humanitas Renata’ / Robin Sowerby

Machiavelli’s Appreciation Of Greek Antiquity And The Ideal Of ‘Renaissance’ / George Steiris

Introduction: Seeing Is Believing? The Renaissance And The Arts / Alexander Lee

Vasari’s Rinascita: History, Anthropology Or Art Criticism? / Matteo Burioni

The State Of The Art / Rob C. Wegman

Brunelleschi’s Perspective Panels. Rupture And Continuity In The History Of The Image / Johannes Grave

Panofsky: Linear Perspective And Perspectives Of Modernity / Rhys W. Roark

Michelangelo’s Mythologies / Maria Ruvoldt

The Byzantine Influence On The Introduction Of The Third Dimension And The Formation Of Renaissance Art / Diotima Liantini

Introduction: A Wider Renaissance? / Alexander Lee

Northern Renaissance? Burgundy And Netherlandish Art In Fifteenth-Century Europe / Hanno Wijsman

Forgotten Paths To ‘Another’ Renaissance: Prague And Bohemia, C.1400 / Klára Benešovská

A New World Of The Mind? Renaissance Self-Perception And The Invention Of Printing / Andrew Pettegree

The ‘Invention’ Of Dürer As A Renaissance Artist / Jeffrey Chipps Smith

Notes On The History Of Renaissance Scholarship In Central Europe: Bia Ostocki, Schlosser And Panofsky / Ingrid Ciulisová

Index / A. Lee , H. Schnitker and P. Péporté.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-94874-1

9786612948749

90-04-18841-X

OCLC:

688477708

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004183346.i-370 DOI