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Global Interests - Renaissance Art Between East and West by Lisa Jardine; Jerry Brotton
$16.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: Picturing History | Reading Level: good-very good
In this groundbreaking, highly provocative examination of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an analysis of the circulation of art and luxury objects, the authors challenge the view that Renaissance culture ...Show more
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory by Lisa Jardine
$16.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
InGoing Dutch, renowned writer Lisa Jardine tells the remarkable history of the relationship between EnglandandHolland, two ofEurope's most important colonial powers at the dawn of the modern age. Jardine, the author ofThe Awful End of Prince William the Silent, demonstrates that England's rise did not ...Show more
Ingenious Pursuits - Building the Scientific Revolution by Lisa Jardine
$25.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
In this fascinating look at the European scientific advances of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, historian Lisa Jardine demonstrates that the pursuit of knowledge occurs not in isolation, but rather in the lively interplay and frequently cutthroat competition between creative minds. The g ...Show more
On a Grander Scale - The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren by Lisa Jardine
$25.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good
The figure of Sir Christopher Wren looms large in English national consciousness. The imposing beauty of St Paul's Cathedral stands forever for the nation's achievement - its undamaged dome towering above the rubble of the Blitz in the Second World War a symbol of the London's indomitable fighting spiri ...Show more
Worldly Goods - A New History of the Renaissance by Lisa Jardine
$25.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In this provocative and wholly absorbing work, Lisa Jardine offers a radical interpretation of the Renaissance, arguing that the creation of culture during that time was inextricably tied to the creation of wealth -- that the expansion of commerce spurred the expansion of thought. As Jardine boldly stat ...Show more
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