Full-color photographs enhance an account of the artistic achievements of the Italian Renaissance and of the often tumultuous lives of the artists and their aristocratic patrons.
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Grade 7-9-A look at the rich tapestry of the Renaissance in Italy. Humanism, perspective in painting, architecture, sculpture, books and printing, war and violence, Leonardo da Vinci, music, women's roles-the many topics follow one another in rapid succession. Each is presented on a double-page spread filled with text, full-color photographs and reproductions, detailed captions, and sidebars. While the abundance of subjects touched on suggests the period's wealth of culture and history, it also threatens to overwhelm readers. Names and dates occur in profusion. The crowded pages and the mixture of carefully posed scenes featuring actors as well as artifacts and artworks from the past make the book difficult to use for reports and potentially confusing for readers without some background knowledge. The volume has the dramatic air and ambiance of a theatrical production-it is visually fascinating-and perhaps browsers will be intrigued enough to research specific topics in greater depth elsewhere.
Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Italian Renaissance (Living History) (Hardcover)
This book has some great information about the Italian Renaissance and it's main players. The illustrations and photo reinactments make it visually fun. This is not an in-depth history by any means. The part that was most disappointing to me is the religious agenda. The portrayal of corrupt Catholic Popes seems fair, despite that none of the positives (or the Catholic Reformers of the time) were mentioned. Oh well. Then there is a page about the brutality of Protestants during the Sack of Rome, but it is later discounted as a possible historical lie (the author is now suggesting we always question our historical sources, although this principle is very obviously only applied to the "alleged" Protestant evils and not to the Catholic history). The book then goes on to say that Luther was "horrified" when he witnessed the actions of the Protestants during the Sack of Rome, even as the author is suggesting the Sack could have been exaggerated or inaccurate. So, which is it? Luther's reaction is also most likely a historical innaccuracy; his own journals and letters to Calvin show his own violent, egotistical side, despite the insistance of Protestants that he could do no wrong. By the end of the book the author's agenda had kind of ruined it for me. So I'm doing just what the author suggested and questioning this source.
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