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Author: Gordon Campbell 

The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the Renaissance have changed considerably in recent decades. The glories of Florence and the art of Raphael and Michelangelo remain an important element of the Renaissance story, but they are now only a part of a much wider story which looks beyond an exclusive focus on high culture, beyond the Italian peninsula, and beyond the fifteenth century. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance tells the cultural history of this broader and longer Renaissance: from seminal figures such as Dante and Giotto in thirteenth-century Italy, to the waning of Spain’s ‘golden age’ in the 1630s, and the closure of the English theatres in 1642, the date generally taken to mark the end of the English literary Renaissance. Geographically, the story ranges from Spanish America to Renaissance Europe’s encounter with the Ottomans—and far beyond, to the more distant cultures of China and Japan. And thematically, under Gordon Campbell’s expert editorial guidance, the volume covers the whole gamut of Renaissance civilization, with chapters on humanism and the classical tradition; war and the state; religion; art and architecture; the performing arts; literature; craft and technology; science and medicine; and travel and cultural exchange.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance 1st table of contents: 

Chapter 1. Humanism and the Classical Tradition
Origins of humanism and Petrarch
Italian humanism of the fifteenth century
Northern European humanism 1470–1530 and Spain
The broader impact of humanism
Chapter 2. War and the State
Bellicosity
Reasons for conflict
The changing character of war
Renaissance responses
Chapter 3. Religion
Chapter 4. The Civilization of the Renaissance
Introduction: identity and individualism in Renaissance civilization
The world
The mind and the senses
Medieval religion
Neoplatonism, gender, and imagination
Women
Early pornography
The Renaissance artist and the new genres
Academies and imprese
Banquets
Conversation
Conclusions
Chapter 5. Art and Architecture in Italy and Beyond
Introduction
The survival and revival of classical building types and architectural language
Classical inspiration in early Renaissance sculpture and painting
Mimesis, or the imitation of nature
Chapter 6. Art and Architecture in Flanders and Beyond
Definitions and problems
The fifteenth century
The sixteenth century
Chapter 7. The Performing Arts: Festival, Music, Drama, Dance
The nature of festival
Spaces for the performing arts
Feast days
Carnival
Princely parades
Performance and politics
Learned drama
The elements of spectacle
Audiences
Paying theatres and drama
Chapter 8. Vernacular Literature
Chapter 9. Craft and Technology in Renaissance Europe
Guilds and apprenticeship
Agriculture and food production
Textiles
Mining and metallurgy
Ceramics and glass
Leatherwork
Machinery and power
Building and ship construction
Arts of communication
Military technologies
Measuring time and place
Craft and Renaissance culture
Chapter 10. The Renaissance of Science
What’s the matter with Aristotle?
How to experience the world
Creating the scientific library
Printing scientific books
The languages of science
Seeing a New World
Circa 1543
Chapter 11. The Global Renaissance
Introduction
Origins and development of the Renaissance
Dissemination and reception of the Renaissance

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