The Renaissance (See Through History) [Hardcover]

Tim Wood (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: See Through History

Full-color illustrations on acetate can be peeled back to reveal cutaways of the Renaissance interiors of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, a printer's workshop, a Florentine town house, and Columbus's Santa Maria.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670851493
• ISBN-13: 978-0670851492
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,280,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #48 in Books > Children's Books > History > Renaissance

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Crafted!, November 25, 2011

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Christina E. Taylor (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Renaissance (See Through History) (Hardcover)

By exploring developments in various fields of study and interest, The Renaissance--part of the See Through History series--presents a broad overview of the events, institutions and technology which shaped its titular era. Proceeding from a brief explanation of the fall of the western Roman Empire and the ensuing Middle Ages, this work addresses a new topic with every opening, breaking each subject down into bold-headed sections, each with a handful of sentences written in a broad informational style. Illustrations are plentiful, and include both representational scenes and contemporary art and maps. Four of the chapters include a full-page illustration of a building with a transparent overlay which reveals the inner structure when the page is turned. Although it is of necessity highly focused on the European experience of the era, and lacks a great deal of analytical depth and detail, this book would make a good introduction to the era for students about to read Machiavelli's The Prince or Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet or The Merchant of Venice.