Who wrote The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy?
Jacob Burckhardt, a Swiss historian, wrote The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. It was published in 1860 under the German title Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien.
Questions about The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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When was The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy first translated into English?
The first English translation was produced by S.G.C. Middlemore and published in two volumes in London in 1878.
What are the six parts of The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy?
The six parts are: The State as a Work of Art, The Development of the Individual, The Revival of Antiquity, The Discovery of the World and of Man, Society and Festivals, and Morality and Religion.
How did historians assess the scholarship in Burckhardt's Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy?
Historians including Desmond Seward and art historians such as Kenneth Clark considered the book's scholarly judgements to have been largely justified by subsequent research.
What did Burckhardt mean by Kultur in The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy?
According to Denys Hay, Burckhardt used Kultur to mean the whole picture of a society: politics, manners, religion, and the animating character of a people in a given epoch. Paintings, buildings, and social habits were the concrete expressions of this deeper spirit.
Is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy available as a Penguin Classic?
Yes. A Penguin Classics edition was published in 1990, more than a century after the book's original 1860 publication.