The Italian Renaissance (Audiobook)
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When you think of the Italian Renaissance, chances are you think of what it gave us. The extraordinary sculptures of Michelangelo. The incomparable paintings of Leonardo da Vinci. The immortal written works of Petrarch and Machiavelli.
But have you ever wondered why there was such an artistic, cultural and intellectual explosion in Italy at the start of the 14th century?
Why did it occur in Italy and not another part of Europe, and why did it happen in certain Italian city-states, such as Florence?
Why did it ultimately fail in the middle of the 16th century?
Professor Kenneth Bartlett offers you the opportunity to appreciate the results of the Italian Renaissance and to probe its origins. You will gain an understanding of the underlying social, political, and economic forces that made such exceptional art and culture possible.
In this course, you will learn from two masters: Professor Bartlett himself, and the eminent 19th-century art historian Jacob Burckhardt, who created the scholarly model—cultural history—through which the Renaissance is still widely studied today. Burckhardt believed that the Renaissance was best understood by examining the culture from which it arose: its social relations, economic structures, political systems, and religious beliefs.
Dr. Bartlett believes that this approach is akin to creating a mosaic using tesserae, pieces that consist of questions about social, economic, and political history, and about the day-to-day lives of individuals and families of the time.
How did the city-states of Italy amass such enormous wealth, and why did states such as Florence invest so much of their capital in art and learning?
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[list][*]1. The Study of the Italian Renaissance
[*]2. The Renaissance—Changing Interpretations
[*]3. Italy—The Cradle of the Renaissance
[*]4. The Age of Dante—Guelfs and Ghibellines
[*]5. Petrarch and the Foundations of Humanism
[*]6. The Recovery of Antiquity
[*]7. Florence—The Creation of the Republic
[*]8. Florence and Civic Humanism
[*]9. Florentine Culture and Society
[*]10. Renaissance Education
[*]11. The Medici Hegemony
[*]12. The Florence of Lorenzo de’Medici
[*]13. Venice—The Most Serene Republic
[*]14. Renaissance Venice
[*]15. The Signori—Renaissance Princes
[*]16. Urbino
[*]17. Castiglione and The Book of the Courtier
[*]18. Women in Renaissance Italy
[*]19. Neoplatonism
[*]20. Milan Under the Visconti
[*]21. Milan Under the Sforza
[*]22. The Eternal City—Rome
[*]23. The Rebuilding of Rome
[*]24. The Renaissance Papacy
[*]25. The Crisis—The French Invasion of 1494
[*]26. Florence in Turmoil
[*]27. Savonarola and the Republic
[*]28. The Medici Restored
[*]29. The Sack of Rome, 1527
[*]30. Niccolo Machiavelli
[*]31. Alessandro de’Medici
[*]32. The Monarchy of Cosimo I
[*]33. Guicciardini and The History of Italy
[*]34. The Counter-Reformation
[*]35. The End of the Renaissance in Italy
[*]36. Echoes of the Renaissance
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