Museum of the Vatican
ISBN: 978-13-346-8557-6
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 206
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2018 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Excerpt from Museum of the Vatican: With 121 Illustrations<br><br>The pontiff while thus following the example set by his uncle Sixtus IV della Rovere (1471 who in 1471 had gathered on the Capitol the first public collection of specimens of ancient art, was but second ing the ever growing influence of the Renaissance tendency. In its essential movement the Renaissance was a distinctly historical revival, a fervent study of the past being a natural feature in the growth of human civilisation, when relieved from all further anxious concern respecting the present and the fu ture. The greatest feature in the past of European civilisation, was undoubtedly the civilisation of Greece and Rome, hence the Renaissance was substantially a Humanism, a love for human letters and arts.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.