The Ugly Renaissance
Renowned as an age of artistic rebirth, the Renaissance is cloaked with an aura of beauty and brilliance. brbrBut behind the Mona Lisa's smile lurked a seamy, vicious world of power politics, perversity and corruption that has more in common with the present day than anyone dares to admit. Enter a world of corrupt bankers, greedy politicians, sex-crazed priests, rampant disease, and lives of extravagance and excess. brbrEnter the world of the ugly Renaissance. brbrUncovering the hidden realities beneath the surface of the period's best-known artworks, historian Alexander Lee takes the reader on a breathtaking and unexpected journey through the Italian past and shows that, far from being the product of high-minded ideals, the sublime monuments of the Renaissance were created by flawed and tormented artists who lived in an ever-expanding world of bigotry and hatred. brbrThe only question is: will you ever see the Renaissance in quite the same way again?
| Autor: | Lee, Alexander |
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| EAN: | 9780091944346 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 608 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Hutchinson Random House UK |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 09.01.2014 |
| Schlagworte: | Renaissance Art Italy Michelangelo Rome Florence History |
| Größe: | 48 × 161 × 240 |
| Gewicht: | 956 g |
