The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Volume 1
by Jacob Burckhardt
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On several journeys to Italy in the mid-nineteenth century, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt (1818-97) saw in the figures and events of the Italian Renaissance certain traits that he believed to be mirrored in the politics of his own day, notably some aspects of 'an unbridled egoism, outraging every right, and killing every germ of a healthier culture'. Revolutionary in his all-encompassing and unflinching examination of the Italian Renaissance, Burckhardt saw developments in statecraft show more and war as giving rise to the more publicised artistic progress of the era. First published in 1860, this work is considered to be his magnum opus on the subject, and is here reissued in the accessible two-volume English translation of 1878 by S. G. C. Middlemore. In Volume 1, Burckhardt considers three key themes: the state as a work of art, the development of the individual, and the revival of antiquity in education and philosophy. show lessTags
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CIVILIZATION DE LA RENAISSANCE EN ITALIE, VOL 1
Un temps, un monde, une civilisation. Jacob Burckhardt a brossé le tableau saisissant de la plus grande révolution culturelle de l'Occident moderne. Formidable plongée dans l'esprit d'une époque, La Civilisation de la Renaissance en Italie fait apparaître les racines de notre mode de penser. Un livre qui fait date.
Un temps, un monde, une civilisation. Jacob Burckhardt a brossé le tableau saisissant de la plus grande révolution culturelle de l'Occident moderne. Formidable plongée dans l'esprit d'une époque, La Civilisation de la Renaissance en Italie fait apparaître les racines de notre mode de penser. Un livre qui fait date.
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Jacob Burckhardt was born in Basel, Switzerland on May 25, 1818. He received a degree in theology in 1839 and then attended the University of Berlin to study history. He taught at the University of Basel from 1843 to 1855, then at ETH, the engineering school in Zurich. In 1858, he returned to Basel to assume the professorship he held until his show more 1893 retirement. He was a historian of art and culture, and is considered one of the founding fathers of art history and one of the original creators of cultural history. His first book, Die Kunstwerke der belgischen Städte, was published in 1842. His best known works are The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and The History of the Renaissance in Italy. His other works include The Age of Constantine the Great, Judgments on History and Historians, and The Greeks and Greek Civilization. He died on August 8, 1897. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Volume 1
- Original title
- Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien: Ein Versuch
- Original publication date
- 1860
- Important places
- Italy
- Important events
- Renaissance
- Quotations
- " We are not....privy to the purposes of eternal wisdom: they are beyond our ken. this [Hegel's] bold assumption of a world plan leds to fallacies because it starts out from false premises...."
"We, however, shall sta... (show all)rt out from the one point accessible to us, the one eternal center of all things - man suffering, striving, doing, as he is and was and ever shall be." - Original language
- German
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- Deel 1.
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- History, Nonfiction, Art & Design
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- 945.05 — History & geography History of Europe Italy Italy Renaissance 1300-1494
- LCC
- DG533 .B85 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania City History of Italy Medieval and modern Italy, 476- History By period Medieval, 476-1492 1268-1492 Renaissance
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