The Greeks and Greek Civilization

by Jacob Burckhardt

Book Overview

In 1872, Jacob Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays ancient Greek culture as an aristocratic world based... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312244479
• ISBN13: 9780312244477
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Greeks and Greek Civilization by Jacob Burckardt

Near all books about Ancient Greeks and their great Civilization, since the Italian Renaissance, explain Greek philosophy, art, poetry, architecture etc., but they do not are concerned about how the ancient Greeks lived, their laws, their everyday life, their character, their history, their way of life. The books and their authors "idealize" the greatness of the achievements as born "out of the blue". Jacob Burckardt put the great achievements of the ancient Greeks in relation with their life, so a lot of unresolved and very difficult questions can easily find their right and now obvious answers. A beautiful work, but the original was in five volumes.