Who were the artists of the Renaissance? Why do we still learn from Renaissance art? Using an inquiry-based approach, readers are introduced to the Italian Renaissance as it was experienced by five of the world's most renowned artists: Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. Readers will learn about the biographies of these Renaissance artists through the perspective of three to four major works of art that not only...

Traces developments in European art, architecture, music, literature, philosophy, science, and exploration between 1300 and 1600.

Profiles thirteen places during the time of the Renaissance, from a chapel and sculptor's workshop to parliament and deserted rural village.

Features some of the finest college professors in America, lecturing on literature written from biblical times to the modern era.

"A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici"--

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