| Description |
367 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, genealogical tables, map, portraits ; 28 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rediscovering antiquity -- Rulers of the world -- God and man -- The image of the world -- Living and dying -- Science, invention and discovery -- The power of art -- Rebuilding antiquity. |
| Summary |
Re-creates the entire epoch of the Renaissance through a sequence of spectacular images accompanied by lively, informed commentary. Ingeniously organized by topics, colour-coded and cross-referenced, the illustrations invite the reader to follow the great lives. |
| Subject |
Renaissance.
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Renaissance. (OCoLC)fst01094518
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| Added Author |
Aston, Margaret.
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| ISBN |
0500017271 |
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9780500017272 |
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