The Ugly Renaissance by Alexander Lee
Renowned as an age of artistic rebirth, the Renaissance is cloaked with an aura of beauty and brilliance. But 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.Effortlessly combines scholarly depth with a highly accessible style. * New Humanist *
In this lively decipherment, Alexander Lee explains what’s really going on [in Renaissance art]. * Independent *
Alexander Lee’s fascinating new book…explore[s] the dualities of creative brilliance and human baseness with a mastery of sources and a popular touch that vividly brings the whole period to life. * Spectator *
‘[E]ffortlessly combining scholarly depth with a highly accessible style and presenting many of the best-known (as well as some of the least known) figures and artworks from the Renaissance in an unexpected and multifaceted light…Lee has given us a Renaissance that is…uglier, but infinitely more interesting. * New Humanist *
Alexander Lee is a fellow in the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick. A specialist in the history of the Italian Renaissance, he completed his first two degrees at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, before proceeding to undertake his doctoral research at the University of Edinburgh. He has previously held positions at the Università degli studi di Bergamo and the Université du Luxembourg.
He the author of numerous studies on the Italian Renaissance, including, most recently, Petrarch and St. Augustine: Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology, and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy (2012), and is currently working on a study of humanistic concepts of empire in the fourteenth century.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091944346 |
| ISBN 10 | 0091944341 |
| Title | The Ugly Renaissance |
| Author | Alexander Lee |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2013-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
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