Traces the life of the Italian artist and introduces the world of Renaissance Italy where, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a great flowering of art, culture, and learning took place.
Discusses the revival of interest in classical knowledge; how scholars, artists, and scientists used this knowledge as the foundation for new ideas; and the lives of ordinary people.
A history of England's Elizabethan Age, focusing on the looking at the rich cultural flowering that characterized the reign of Elizabeth I in the areas of poetry, painting, sculpture, the minor arts, music, and science.
Profiles Renaissance women who refused to follow the rules of society and led their lives as they pleased, and not as their parents and husbands wanted them to.
Presents a biography of late fifteenth-century Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright, Niccolo Machiavelli; and provides an introduction to his writings and his influence on political and social thought of his day.
The Renaissance produced a remarkable transformation of European society and culture. In education and in government, in wealth and in the visual arts, the Renaissance produced major changes in almost every area of European life changes which even today continue to affect the way people live, work, and think.
