Urbino : the story of a Renaissance city /
"June Osborne traces the history of the city back to its Roman origins and goes on to paint a colorful panorama of Renaissance Italy, detailing the rivalries, alliances, and treacheries between dukes, princes, emperors, and popes that were fought out during this most fruitful period of scholars...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2003.
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| Summary: | "June Osborne traces the history of the city back to its Roman origins and goes on to paint a colorful panorama of Renaissance Italy, detailing the rivalries, alliances, and treacheries between dukes, princes, emperors, and popes that were fought out during this most fruitful period of scholarship and creative output. She explains how Urbino emerged from political turmoil to become the wealthiest and most illustrious court in Europe, a magnet for artists and writers such as Piero della Francesca, Paolo Uccello, and Torquato Tasso, and the acknowledged centre of Renaissance ideals as expounded in Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 208 p. : col. ill ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226637638 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226637646 (pbk : alk. paper) |