Author
Arthur White
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Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Published
November 2014
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Author
Arthur White
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Paperback
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Published
November 2014
£34.73
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 7 days
Plague and Pleasure
Today's Price £34.73
Plague and Pleasure is a lively popular history that introduces a new hypothesis about the impetus behind the cultural change in Renaissance Italy. The Renaissance coincided with a period of chronic, constantly recurring plague, unremitting warfare and pervasive insecurity. Consequently, people felt a need for mental escape to alternative, idealized realities, distant in time or space from the unendurable present but made vivid to the imagination through literature, art, and spectacle. Pope Pius II experienced both plague and war during his reign and he exhibited many escapist behaviors typical of his period: the building of his "Shangri-La" at Pienza, his constant sight-seeing travels, his passion for natural scenery or Roman remains, his public spectacles, andthe humanism that immersed him in an idealized Roman past. This see-saw mentality of the period could plunge into melancholy when facing harsh realities and then propel them into ecstasies of makebelieve to counter their dispair.
Plague and Pleasure uses the life and times of Pope Pius II as the framework for presenting a view of the Renaissance that the public can understand and appreciate and which may at least narrow the gap between the past known to scholars and that known to the public they ultimately serve.
Author
Arthur White
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Published
November 2014
Weight
681g
Page Count
277
Dimensions
84 x 282 x 28 mm
ISBN
9780813226811
ISBN-10
0813226813
Eden Code
4296800
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Author/Creator: Arthur White
ISBN: 9780813226811
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Release Date: November 2014
Weight: 681g
Dimensions: 84 x 282 x 28 mm
Eden Code: 4296800