The Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo
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The Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo Details
Review `Review from previous edition a young Turk who likes to entertain . . . Brotton's book is full of arts and crafts . . .engaging and alluring . . .This is a Renaissance you can touch and feel'Sunday Times`energetic and committed agenda'Financial Times`offers some impressive fresh evidence'Independent Read more About the Author Dr Jerry Brotton is a Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World (Reaktion, London, 1997 and Cornell University Press, 1998), and with Lisa Jardine, Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East and West (Reaktion, London, 2000). Read more
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I used this book for my AP European History class, and this was very informative on the cultural exchange between East and West that clearly influenced some aspects of both cultures.
