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Title: Florence: The Golden Age 1138-1737 by Gene Brucker, Gene A. Brucker ISBN: 0-520-21522-2 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A fascinating bird¿s eye view of Florence
Comment: The word "amateur" comes from the Italian "amare" which means to love and this is a book for anyone with an interest in and affection for Italian city states and Florence in particular. Mr. Gene Brucker is a distinguished American historian (University of California, Berkeley) with an admirable record but the book he has produced about Florence is meant for the general reader and obviously aims at sharing his passion for the quattrocento (Florence's golden age, the 15th century and beyond) with as many people as possible. The result is splendid : in seven chapters dealing with the great families, the economy, the forms of government, the Florentine dominion, the Principato, etc., the reader is taken through a pleasant voyage in history. The writing is never heavy but neither is it meant for those who give up easily : some of the chapters - on the conflicts between Guelfs and Ghibellines for instance - do require more than a passing interest in the subject. The book is lavishly illustrated and contains a number of separate "two pagers" I greatly enjoyed, which present a number of interesting topics in themselves, such as the description of a city plan, the features of a traditional Florentine palazzo, the currencies in use, the reach of Florentine trade, the guilds, Andrea del Verocchio, the geometric theory of perspective and many other topics. An admirable book, to be highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding book-folio
Comment: Penned by an eminent historian, this book is superb! Very striking is Brucker's unique narrative style. He makes the readers think as if the events happened only yesterday. I strongly recommend his other works as well: You will feel enlightened. No other historian can capture the cultural richness of Florence with such delightful charm. I guarantee you'll fall in love with the city, her citizens, and this historian, Gene Adam Brucker.
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Title: Renaissance Florence : The Invention of a New Art (Perspectives) (Trade Version) by Richard A. Turner ISBN: 0131833537 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 04 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Dino Compagni's Chronicle of Florence (Middle Ages Series) by Dino Compagni, Daniel Bornstein ISBN: 0812212215 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1986 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Discourses by Niccolo Machiavelli ISBN: 0140444289 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1984 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Kaffir Boy: The True Story Of A Black Youths Coming Of Age In Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane ISBN: 0684848287 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Michelangelo : Life, Letters, and Poetry (Oxford World's Classics) by George Anthony Bull, Peter Porter ISBN: 0192837702 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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