Tensions in Renaissance Cities |
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| Editor:
| Weitzman, Margo
Tomasson, Julia
Barker, Hilary |
| Author:
| Weitzman, Margo
Palmer, Ada
Barker, Hilary
Small, Brendan
Bellinson, Nicholas
O'Connell, Caryn
Heil, John Paul
McManus, Stuart
Winkler, Tali
Hosler-Lancaster, Michael
Malloy, Rose
Bruhns, Cosette
Baldassare, Eufemia
Tavella, Elizabeth
Delaini, Lucia
Gonzalez, Aimee |
| General Editor:
| Palmer, Ada |
| Designed by:
| Tomasson, Julia |
| Prepared for Publication by:
| Tomasson, Julia |
| Cover Design by:
| Tomasson, Julia
Scott, Joseph |
| Illustrator:
| Scott, Joseph |
| (various roles):
| University of Chicago Special Collections Resource Center, |
| ISBN: | 978-1-944140-04-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Ada Palmer
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $0.00 |
Book Description:
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Rome, Florence, Geneva, London; Renaissance cities used art and literature to express their growing pains. After the Black Death, recovering cities developed in a geography of interdependence, connected by fluctuating kingdoms, mercantile networks, and the newborn printing press. Lavishly illustrated in full color, this catalog records an exhibit held at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center, which charts the tensions of capitals from Constantinople to Mexico...
More DescriptionRome, Florence, Geneva, London; Renaissance cities used art and literature to express their growing pains. After the Black Death, recovering cities developed in a geography of interdependence, connected by fluctuating kingdoms, mercantile networks, and the newborn printing press. Lavishly illustrated in full color, this catalog records an exhibit held at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center, which charts the tensions of capitals from Constantinople to Mexico City as they looked eastward, westward, backward toward antiquity, or upward to the celestial geographies offered by magic, science, and theology.