{"product_id":"cultivating-the-renaissance-katie-campbell-9781032062129","title":"Cultivating the Renaissance: A Social History of the Medici Tuscan Villas","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy exploring the evolution of the Medici family's villas, \u003ci\u003eCultivating the Renaissance \u003c\/i\u003echarts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of the age and chronicles the rise of an extraordinary family from obscure farmers to European royalty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, the Medici family dominated European life. While promoting both arts and sciences, the Medici helped create a new style of architecture, present a new idea of villa life and promote the novel idea of living in harmony with nature. Used variously for pleasure and sports, scholarly and amorous liaisons, commercial enterprise and botanical experimentation, their villas both expressed and influenced contemporary ideas on politics, philosophy, art and design. Each patron's public interests and private passions, as well as the architects, artists and philosophers they employed, are examined. Through a chronological approach, this book reveals how the villas were used, their reception by contemporary commentators, their legacy and their current state five centuries after they were first built.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLavishly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eCultivating the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e is of great interest to students and scholars of architecture, horticulture, landscape history, philosophy, art and the history of the Renaissance in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Campbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032062126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032062129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Katie Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988604518655,"sku":"9781032062129","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b962445-6c80-48e1-8827-89f3cba08a00.jpg?v=1683295356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultivating-the-renaissance-katie-campbell-9781032062129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}