The Florentines : from Dante to Galileo : the transformation of Western civilization

Strathern, Paul 1940- (author.).

Summary: Examines the cultural transformation characterized by an increasing emphasis on humanism that emerged in the city of Florence between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, and its role in the Renaissance.

Record details

ISBN: 9781643137322
ISBN: 1643137328
Physical Description: print
371 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-358) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- Dante and Florence -- Wealth, freedom and talent -- A clear eye amidst troubled times -- Boccaccio and Petrarch -- War and peace -- The dome -- The mathematical artists -- Those who paid the bills -- The Renaissance spreads its wings -- Medici rising -- A Medici artist -- Il Magnifico -- Leonardo -- Shifting Ground -- Undercurrents -- The bonfire of the vanities -- Machiavelli -- Michelangelo -- Galileo -- Epilogue.