From petrarch to Michelangelo - Konstantinos Sp. Staikos
KORTE INHOUD
In this fifth volume, the author writes about the re-evaluation of the ancient world: this set in motion a quest for the surviving works of ancient Greek and Latin literature, most of which were to be found in monastic libraries. He discusses the new schools and scholarly circles that were formed to promote the spread of Greek and Latin literature, especially philosophical works, and the emergence from them of the first humanistic libraries. He evokes the character of the libraries belonging to patrons of literature and the arts, such as Matthias Corvinus, the Vatican, the Medici family, the Dukes of Urbino and François I, among many others. Finally, there is an excellent treatise and circumstantial account of the invention of printing, which changed the scene as regards the dissemination of books and the formation of libraries in such a way that the world of books during the Renaissance witnessed a return to the state of affairs existing under the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian.
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2012Uitgever: Hes & de Graaf PublishersVertaler: Timothy Cullen; Nickolaos Koutras588 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9061943205ISBN-13: 9789061943204Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's gray cloth spine, red lettering spine, pictorial label on frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, thick large 4to: illustrated endpapers, xxxij, 588pp., very richly illustrated with coloured plates & illustrations, chapternotes & references, abbreviations, general bibliography, index. Very fine copy - as new. Still shrink-wrapped. Volume 5: The History of the Library in Western Civilization. New Castle-'t Goy-Houten-Athens, HES & De Graaf Publishers. 2012 [Auteur: STAIKOS, KONSTANTINOS SP. .]...
