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The Florentines
From Dante to Galileo
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The Florentines
A sweeping 400-year history of the Florentines who gave birth to the Renaissance, by the author of The Medici and The Borgias.
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Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, something happened which completely revolutionised Western civilisation. Painting, sculpture, and architecture would all visibly change in a striking fashion. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a completely different aspect. Sciences would be born — or emerge in an entirely new guise.
In this sweeping 400-year history, Paul Strathern reveals how, and why, these new ideas which formed the Renaissance began, and flourished, in the city of Florence. Just as central and northern Germany gave birth to the Reformation, Britain was a driver of the Industrial Revolution, and Silicon Valley shaped the digital age, so too, Strathern argues, did Florence play a similarly unique and transformative role in the Renaissance.
While vividly bringing to life the city and a vast cast of characters — including Dante, Botticelli, Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Galileo — Strathern shows how these great Florentines forever altered Europe and the Western world.
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The Florentines by Paul Strathern is praised for its engaging re-examination of Renaissance Florentine artists, scientists, and business leaders. The book is noted for its enjoyable prose filled with colourful anecdotes and vivid biographical sketches. Reviewers commend the detailed research and Strathern's ability to interconnect the city's social, political, and cultural spheres with art and finance. The work is recognised for offering a fresh perspective that brings the Renaissance period into sharper focus, making it highly recommended for readers interested in the era and Italian history.
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ISBN: 9781786498748
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 April 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Edition: Main
Illustration: 2x8pp colour plates
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 373g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Paul Strathern studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist; author of two series of books - Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists who Changed the World - and several works of non-fiction, including The Medici, The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior, Spirit of Venice, Death in Florence and The Borgias.
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