Global Interests: Renaissance Art Between East and West

by Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking, highly provocative examination of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an analysis of the circulation of art and luxury objects, the authors challenge the view that Renaissance culture defined itself in large part against an exotic, dangerous, always marginal East. Featuring more than seventy illustrations, including many in color...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080143808X
• ISBN13: 9780801438080
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher