The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

作者 Jacob Burckhardt
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 1990年12月第1版
ISBN 9780140445343

内容简介

Fornineteenth-centurySwisshistorianJacobBurckhardt,theItalianRenaissancewasnothinglessthanthebeginningofthemodernworld-aworldinwhichflourishingindividualismandthecompetitionforfameradicallytransformedscience,thearts,andpolitics.InthislandmarkworkhedepictstheItaliancity-statesofFlorence,VeniceandRomeasprovidingtheseedsofanewformofsociety,andtracestheriseofthecreativeindividual,fromDantetoMichelangelo.Afascinatingdescriptionofaneraofculturaltransition,thisnineteenth-centurymasterpiecewastobecomethemostinfluentialinterpretationoftheItalianRenaissance,andanticipatedideassuchasNietzsche'sconceptofthe'Ubermensch'initsportrayalofanageofgenius.

作者简介

JacobBurckhardt(1818-1897)intendedtojointheChurch,butlosthisfaithwhilestudyingtheology.ThereafterhestudiedhistoryattheUniversityofBasel,gaininghisdoctoratein1843andbecomingalecturer.HemovedtotheZurichPolytechnicasProfessorofArchitectureandHistoryin1855,whichiswherehewroteTheCivilizationoftheRenaissanceinItaly.In1858hereturnedtoBasel,wherehelivedforhisworkasateacherattheUniversity.PeterBurkeisReaderinCulturalHistory,UniversityofCambridge,andFellowofEmmanuelCollege.HehaspublishedwidelyontheRenaissanceandculturalhistory.PeterMurraywasEmeritusProfessoroftheHistoryofArtattheUniversityofLondon.HetaughtattheCourtauldInstitutefrom1949-1967andwassubsequentlychairofArtHistoryatBirkbeckCollege.HepublishedwidelyonthearchitectureoftheRenaissance.Hediedin1992.

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