A short history of the Renaissance in Northern Europe / Malcolm Vale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vale, M. G. A. (Malcolm Graham Allan), author.

Series:

Short histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance--Europe, Northern.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

The concept of a 'Renaissance' in the arts, in thought, and in more general culture North of the Alps often evokes the idea of a cultural transplant which was not indigenous to, or rooted in, the society from which it emerged. Classic definitions of the European 'Renaissance' during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries have seen it as what was in effect an Italian import into the Gothic North. Yet there were certainly differences, divergences and dichotomies between North and South which have to be addressed. Here, Malcolm Vale argues for a Northern Renaissance which, while cognizant of Italian developments, displayed strong continuities with the indigenous cultures of northern Europe. But it also contributed novelties and innovations which often tended to stem from, and build upon, those continuities. A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe – while in no way ignoring or diminishing the importance of the Hellenic and Roman legacy – seeks other sources, and different uses of classical antiquity, for a rather different kind of 'Renaissance', if such it was, in the North..

Contents:

Timeline List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: What was the 'Northern Renaissance'?

Chapter 2: Realism and the Visual Arts Chapter 3: Humanism in the North Chapter 4: The Old and the New Devotion Chapter 5: The Impact of Print Chapter 6: Wisdom, Folly and the Darker Vision Conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350145627

1350145629

9781350145610

1350145610

OCLC:

1139890280