The ugly Renaissance : sex, greed, violence and depravity in an age of beauty
Title:
The ugly Renaissance : sex, greed, violence and depravity in an age of beauty
Author:
Lee, Alexander (Historian)
Personal Author:
Edition:
First american edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, [2013]
©2013
Physical Description:
xii, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780385536592
Format :
Book
