Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV Flavio BiondoPevná vazba
Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV Flavio BiondoPevná vazba Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. The…
Specifikacia Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV Flavio BiondoPevná vazba
Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV Flavio BiondoPevná vazba
Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. The Italia Illustrata (1453), which appears here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. While serving a number of the Renaissance popes, he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history, institutions, cultural life, and physical remains of the ancient Roman empire.
As such, it is the quintessential work of Renaissance antiquarianism. Its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world. This is the first edition of the Latin text since