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Author Lee, Alexander (Historian)

Title The ugly Renaissance : sex, greed, violence and depravity in an Age of Beauty / Alexander Lee.

Edition First American edition.
Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2013]
©2013
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1607724~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  945.05 LEE    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 433 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-414) and index.
Contents Introduction : Between heaven and earth -- The world of the Renaissance artist -- Michelangelo's nose -- In Peter's shadow -- What David saw -- The workshop of the world -- Michelangelo in love -- The world of the Renaissance patron -- The art of power -- The men with the Midas touch -- Mercenaries and madmen -- The unholy city -- The Renaissance and the world -- Filippo and the pirates -- Salomone's crime -- The rising crescent -- Of human bondage -- Brave new worlds.
Subject Renaissance -- Italy.
Italy -- Social life and customs -- To 1500.
Degeneration -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Italy -- Civilization -- 1268-1559.
ISBN 9780385536592
0385536593
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