Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance

All 7 VolumesBy John Addington Symonds
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"Renaissance in Italy" is one of the best-known works by John Addington Symonds. This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of contents. Volume 1: The Spirit of the Renaissance Italian History The Age of the Despots The Republics The Florentine Historians 'The Prince' of Machiavelli The Popes of the Renaissance The Church and Morality Savonarola Charles VIII… Volume 2: The Men of the Renaissance First Period of Humanism Second Period of Humanism Third Period of Humanism Fourth Period of Humanism Latin Poetry… Volume 3: The Problem for the Fine Arts Architecture Painting Venetian Painting Life of Michael Angelo Life of Benvenuto Cellini The Epigoni… Volume 4: The Origins The Triumvirate The Transition Popular Secular Poetry Popular Religious Poetry Lorenzo De' Medici and Poliziano Pulci and Boiardo Ariosto… Volume 5: The Orlando Furioso The Novellieri The Drama Pastoral and Didactic Poetry The Purists Burlesque Poetry and Satire Pietro Aretino History and Philosophy… Volume 6-7: The Spanish Hegemony The Papacy and the Tridentine Council The Inquisition and the Index The Company of Jesus Social and Domestic Morals Torquato Tasso The "Gerusalemme Liberata" Giordano Bruno Fra Paolo Sarpi Guarini, Marino, Chiabrera, Tassoni Palestrina and the Origins of Modern Music The Bolognese School of Painters…

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GenreHistory
Length108 hrs 10 mins
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Publish dateDec 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PREFACE.
52CHAPTER VII. PULCI AND BOIARDO.
2CHAPTER I. THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE.
53CHAPTER VIII. ARIOSTO.
3CHAPTER II. ITALIAN HISTORY
54APPENDIX I. Note on Italian Heroic Verse.
4CHAPTER III. THE AGE OF THE DESPOTS. (pt. 1)
55ON THE ARMING OF A KNIGHT.
5CHAPTER III. THE AGE OF THE DESPOTS. (pt. 2)
56THE CRY FOR COURTESY.
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6CHAPTER IV. THE REPUBLICS.
57ON THE GHIBELLINE VICTORIES.
7CHAPTER V. THE FLORENTINE HISTORIANS. (pt. 1)
58TO THE PISANS.
8CHAPTER V. THE FLORENTINE HISTORIANS. (pt. 2)
59ON DISCRETION.
9CHAPTER VI. 'THE PRINCE' OF MACHIAVELLI.
60ON DISORDERED WILL.
10CHAPTER VII. THE POPES OF THE RENAISSANCE
61THE NUN.
11CHAPTER VIII. THE CHURCH AND MORALITY.
62THE LOVERS.
12CHAPTER IX. SAVONAROLA.
63THE GIRL.
13CHAPTER X. CHARLES VIII.
64THREE POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO JACOPONE DA TODI.
14APPENDIX I.
65THE PRESEPIO.
15APPENDIX II.
66THE CORROTTO.
16APPENDIX III.
67MORGANTE XXV. 119.
17APPENDIX IV.
68MORGANTE XXV. 135.
18APPENDIX V.
69MORGANTE XXV. 282.
19PREFACE
70MORGANTE XXV. 73.
20CHAPTER I THE MEN OF THE RENAISSANCE
71MORGANTE XXV. 115.
21CHAPTER II FIRST PERIOD OF HUMANISM
72MORGANTE XXVII. 6.
22CHAPTER III FIRST PERIOD OF HUMANISM
73MORGANTE XXVIII. 138.
23CHAPTER IV SECOND PERIOD OF HUMANISM
74APPENDIX VI. Translations of Elegiac Verses by Girolamo Benivieni and Michelangelo Buonarroti.
24CHAPTER V SECOND PERIOD OF HUMANISM
75CHAPTER IX. THE ORLANDO FURIOSO.
25CHAPTER VI THIRD PERIOD OF HUMANISM
76CHAPTER X. THE NOVELLIERI.
26CHAPTER VII FOURTH PERIOD OF HUMANISM
77CHAPTER XI. THE DRAMA.
27CHAPTER VIII LATIN POETRY
78CHAPTER XII. PASTORAL AND DIDACTIC POETRY.
28CHAPTER IX CONCLUSION (pt. 1)
79CHAPTER XIII. THE PURISTS.
29CHAPTER IX CONCLUSION (pt. 2)
80CHAPTER XIV. BURLESQUE POETRY AND SATIRE.
30PREFACE
81CHAPTER XV. PIETRO ARETINO.
31CHAPTER I--THE PROBLEM FOR THE FINE ARTS
82CHAPTER XVI. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY.
32CHAPTER II--ARCHITECTURE
83CHAPTER XVII. CONCLUSION.
33CHAPTER III--SCULPTURE
84APPENDIX I. Italian Comic Prologues.
34CHAPTER IV--PAINTING
85APPENDIX II. Passages translated from Folengo and Berni, which illustrate the Lutheran opinions of the Burlesque Poets.
35CHAPTER V--PAINTING
86APPENDIX III. On Palmieri's "Città di Vita." (To illustrate Part I. p. 171.)
36CHAPTER VI--PAINTING
87PREFACE
37CHAPTER VII--VENETIAN PAINTING
88CHAPTER I THE SPANISH HEGEMONY
38CHAPTER VIII--LIFE OF MICHAEL ANGELO
89CHAPTER II THE PAPACY AND THE TRIDENTINE COUNCIL
39CHAPTER IX--LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
90CHAPTER III THE INQUISITION AND THE INDEX
40CHAPTER X--THE EPIGONI
91CHAPTER IV THE COMPANY OF JESUS
41APPENDIX I The Pulpits of Pisa and Ravello
92CHAPTER V SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC MORALS: PART I
42APPENDIX II Michael Angelo's Sonnets
93CHAPTER VI SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC MORALS: PART II
43APPENDIX III Chronological Tables of the Principal Artists mentioned in this Volume
94FOOTNOTES:
44PREFACE.
95CHAPTER VII TORQUATO TASSO
45CHAPTER I. THE ORIGINS.
96CHAPTER VIII THE GERUSALEMME LIBERATA
46CHAPTER II. THE TRIUMVIRATE.
97CHAPTER IX GIORDANO BRUNO
47CHAPTER III. THE TRANSITION. (pt. 1)
98CHAPTER X FRA PAOLO SARPI
48CHAPTER III. THE TRANSITION. (pt. 2)
99CHAPTER XI GUARINO, MARINO, CHIABRERA, TASSONI
49CHAPTER IV. POPULAR SECULAR POETRY.
100CHAPTER XII PALESTRINA AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN MUSIC
50CHAPTER V. POPULAR RELIGIOUS POETRY.
101CHAPTER XIII THE BOLOGNESE SCHOOL OF PAINTERS
51CHAPTER VI. LORENZO DE’ MEDICI AND POLIZIANO.
102CHAPTER XIV CONCLUSION

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