{"product_id":"princes-of-the-renaissance-the-hidden-power-behind-an-artistic-revolution-hardcover","title":"Princes of the Renaissance: The Hidden Power Behind an Artistic Revolution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Hollingsworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid history of the lives and times of the aristocratic elite whose patronage created the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was an era of dramatic political, religious, and cultural change in the Italian peninsula, witnessing major innovations in the visual arts, literature, music, and science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrinces of the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e charts these developments in a sequence of eleven chapters, each of which is devoted to two or three princely characters with a cast of minor ones--from Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence, and from Isabella d'Este of Mantua to Lucrezia Borgia. Many of these princes were related by blood or marriage, creating a web of alliances that held Renaissance society together--but whose tensions could spark feuds that threatened to tear it apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A vivid depiction of the lives and times of the aristocratic elite whose patronage created the art and architecture of the Renaissance, \u003ci\u003ePrinces of the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative that is as rigorous and definitively researched as it is accessible and entertaining. Perhaps most importantly, Mary Hollingsworth sets the aesthetic achievements of these aristocratic patrons in the context of the volatile, ever-shifting politics of an age of change and innovation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Hollingsworth is a scholar of the Italian Renaissance. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Family Medici\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePatronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e. She divides her time between Italy and England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 504\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769016844576,"sku":"9781643135465","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2f4f3bf5b468d58dcd91a13d67fd6314.webp?v=1780341141","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/princes-of-the-renaissance-the-hidden-power-behind-an-artistic-revolution-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}