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The Renaissance reader

edited by Kenneth J. Atchity ; assistant editor, Rosemary McKenna

HarperCollins, c1996

1st ed

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As the transition between the Middle Ages and modern times, the Renaissance is perhaps the most distinguished age since that of Classical Greece. In addition, the consciousness of our own time was largely formed by those who were given the freedom to express themselves by the rebirth of arts and sciences in this period. This text provides access to the important literary, artistic, social, religious, political, scientific and philosophical texts of the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The book contains selections from the work of individuals such as Dante, Chaucer, Villon, Malory, Copernicus and Shakespeare, as well as illustrations representing the work of Giotto, Donatello, Bellini, Da Vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael and Brueghel. It also provides first-hand encounters with the Renaissance in the form of letters, diaries, poetry and art.

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