Europe in the Renaissance : metamorphoses 1400-1600

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Europe in the Renaissance : metamorphoses 1400-1600

edited by the Swiss National Museum ; texts by Bernard Aikema ... [et al.]

Hatje Cantz, c2016

  • : Museum ed
  • : Trade ed

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Exhibition catalogue

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Swiss National Museum, Landesmuseum Zürich, August 1 to November 27, 2006

Bibliography: p. 320-338

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Description

The Renaissance experienced some of the most important advances in human history: the invention of the printing press using movable letters, the discovery of an unknown continent, and the formulation of a new view of the earth. It was a time when people sought to solve the riddles of nature, experimented with alchemy, set out to develop a new medical science, conceived a new vision of humankind, and created beauty in the form of pictures and architecture, sculpture and literature. All these discoveries and creations would have been unimaginable without cultural exchange. The Renaissance was an era of dialogue and new horizons in thinking over great distances and time.Based on numerous examples-works of art, instruments, and objects of everyday life-this publication invites readers to trace the various paths of transference. Renowned authors take us to antiquity and the Orient, to Italy and through half of Europe. (German editon ISBN 978-3-7757-4072-2 )

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  • NCID
    BB22216004
  • ISBN
    • 9783905875423
    • 9783775740739
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    343 p.
  • Size
    30 cm
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