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The Italian Renaissance : a cultural history / Virginia Cox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, Virginia, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renaissance--Italy.
- Renaissance.
- Art, Renaissance--Italy.
- Art, Renaissance.
- Italy--Civilization--1268-1559.
- Italy.
- Italy--Social life and customs--1268-1559.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "The extraordinary creative energy of Renaissance Italy lies at the root of modern Western culture. In this study, Virginia Cox offers a fresh vision of this iconic moment in cultural history. This book explores key artistic, literary and intellectual developments, as well as histories of food and fashion, map-making, exploration and anatomy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- What? when? where? whose?
- The Renaissance and the ancient
- The Renaissance and the modern
- Identity and the self
- Renaissance man
- Renaissance woman
- The Italian Renaissance beyond Italy
- Conclusion : reintegrating the Renaissance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed December 23, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cox, Virginia Italian Renaissance. Second edition
- ISBN:
- 9781009474221
- 1009474227
- 9781009474238
- 1009474235
- OCLC:
- 1528566127
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000308027
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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