The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy - Phaidon Pocket Series

Phaidon Press 1955, Ex Library

This is a complete and unabridged edition of the standard work on life and manners in the Renaissance, the time between Dante and Michelangelo. It contains chapters on the revival of Antiquity, Society and Festivals, Morality and Religion, the State as a Work of Art, as well as others giving entertaining information about literature, art, home life, superstition, the theatre, love-making, fashion, and many other features of the private and public life of this colourful period. One hundred illustrations - many reproduced here for the first time - serve as a descriptive pictorial commentary on all parts of the book,,,