A collection of lectures delivered by historians to the British Academy. This work demonstrates the contribution of British scholarship to Renaissance studies. It covers the period 1400 to 1520 and illustrates two aspects of Italy in this period, the political background to the great cultural flowering, and the art of Florence and Rome.
Our modern conception of the Renaissance has been changed substantially by the scholarship of the last fifty years, and the British contribution to this research has been enormous. An essential part of this scholarship is contained within this lavishly illustrated selection of lectures delivered by distinguished historians to the British Academy. The lectures cover the period circa 1400 to 1520 and illustrate two aspects of Italy in this period, the political background to the great cultural flowering, and the art of Florence and Rome.
In this work George Holmes ... has collected eleven gems from the British Academy's "Italian Lectures" and "Aspects of Art Lectures" series. It is an anthology that will impress the neophyte or general student of the period and edify and delight the expert.
