内容简介
FollowingthecollapseofMediciruleinfifteenth-centuryFlorence,thecentreofRenaissanceactivitymovedfirsttoRomeandfinallytoVenice.IntheRomeofJuliusIIandLeoXwhichMichelangeloremodelledandbeautified,intheVeniceofTitianandTintorettoandPalladio,theRenaissancereachedtheheightofitssplendour,notonlyinthevisualartsbutalsointhetheatre,history,biography,epicpoetryandmusic.