The Italian Renaissance by Burke, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title TitlePage Copyright Contents Illustrations Introduction

The Theme The Approach A Revised Edition

Part I The Problem

1 The Arts in Renaissance Italy 2 The Historians: The Discovery of Social and Cultural History

Part II The Arts in their Milieu

3 Artists and Writers

Recruitment Training The Organization of the Arts The Status of the Arts Artists as Social Deviants

4 Patrons and Clients

Who are the Patrons? Patrons v. Artists Architecture, Music and Literature The Rise of the Market

5 The Uses of Works of Art

Magic and Religion Politics The Private Sphere Art for Pleasure

6 Taste

The Visual Arts Music Literature Varieties of Taste

7 Iconography

Part III The Wider Society

8 Worldviews: Some Dominant Traits

Views of the Cosmos Views of Society Views of Man Towards the Mechanization of the World Picture

9 The Social Framework

Religious Organization Political Organization The Social Structure The Economy

10 Cultural and Social Change

Generations Structural Changes

11 Comparisons and Conclusions

The Netherlands Japan

Appendix: The Creative Elite References and Bibliography Index

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