حضارة عصر النهضة في إيطاليا 2

De cultuur der Renaissance in Italie #2

by Jacob Burckhardt, عبد العزيز توفيق جاويد (مترجم)

Studies the culture which emerged in Italy during the Renaissance, focusing on developments in statecraft, art, and literature.

Genres: History, Renaissance, Nonfiction, Italy, European History

432 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today. Siegfried Giedion described Burckhardt's achievement in the following terms: "The great discoverer of the age of the Renaissance, he first showed how a period should be treated in its entirety, with regard not only for its painting, sculpture and architecture, but for the social institutions of its daily life as well." Burckhardt's best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860).

Reviews

[Yann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fin de cette vue générale de la "Renaissance". La seconde partie s'étend beaucoup sur les questions morales, avec une vision assez partiale qui ne laissera pas de faire sourire. Les questions de théologies entre libre arbitre et fatalisme sont expédiées avec un peu de désinvolture, et auraient mérité un peu plus d'attention, mais le but de l'auteur est surtout d'attirer l'attention du lecteur, de lui donner des références, de lui donner envie de s'instruire lui-même en allant aussi chercher les sources. Rien que pour ça, cet ouvrage est utile. Enfin, encore une fois, la version électronique en ligne est une horreur pour les yeux. A part ça, c'est une bonne lecture.

[Melodie Wendel-Cook · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one doesn't have as much info for sections as volume one; felt like filler when areas that sounded interesting to read about weren't covered well.

[Oliver A · Rating 5 out of 5]

This biography book is one of my favorite book ever to read. For one, I learned a lot more about Italy's history. Another reason for this book being my favorite book is that I learned new words throughout the book.