TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee,Alexander
TI  - The ugly Renaissance
SN  - 9780385536592 (hardcover)
AV  - DG 445 .L44 2014
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Italy
KW  - Degeneration
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 1268-1559
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance. Its very name conjures up awe-inspiring images of an age of lofty ideals in which life imitated the fantastic artworks for which it has become famous. But behind the vast explosion of new art and culture 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. In this lively and meticulously researched portrait, Renaissance scholar Alexander Lee illuminates the dark and titillating contradictions that were hidden beneath the surface of the best-known artworks of the Renaissance
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