• England and the Italian Renaissance – The Growth of Interest in its History and Art 4e (Paperback / softback) 9780631233657
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England and the Italian Renaissance
The Growth of Interest in its History and Art

John R. Hale (Author)

9780631233657, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 22 November 2005

224 pages
23 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.372 kg

This fourth edition of Sir John Hale’s classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance includes a detailed introduction by Edward Chaney surveying scholarly developments since the book was first published.


  • Fourth edition of Sir John Hale’s classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance, first published in 1954.
  • The book’s focus on fundamental issues and basis in little-read primary sources ensures that it endures as an important contribution to historical scholarship. Clear, chronological narrative, beautifully written.
  • Provides essential understanding of the period, illuminating both British and Italian cultural history.
  • The fourth edition includes a new introduction by Edward Chaney who is an expert on Anglo-Italian cultural relations.
  • Chaney surveys the scholarship of the last 50 years and supplies an up-to-date bibliography.

Table of Contents.

Introduction to the Third Edition: Edward Chaney.

Preface to the First Edition.

1. The Beginnings of Interest: mid-Sixteenth to mid-Seventeenth Centuries.

2. From Description to Speculation: mid-Seventeenth to Late Eighteenth centuries.

3. Taste for Italian Paintings: I Sixteenth to Late Eighteenth Centuries.

4. The Medici and William Roscoe: Late Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries.

5. Taste for Italian Paintings: II Late Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries.

6. Prejudice and the Term Renaissance: Early to mid-Nineteenth Century.

7. Taste for Italian Paintings: III Early Nineteenth Century to Ruskin.

8. John Addington Symonds.

Notes.

Bibliographical Note.

Index

Subject Areas: History [HB]
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