{"product_id":"the-beauty-and-the-terror-catherine-fletcher-9780190908492","title":"The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA new account of the birth of the West through its birthplace--Renaissance Italy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe period between 1492--resonant for a number of reasons--and 1571, when the Ottoman navy was defeated in the Battle of Lepanto, embraces what we know as the Renaissance, one of the most dynamic and creatively explosive epochs in world history. Here is the period that gave rise to so many great artists and figures, and which by its connection to its classical heritage enabled a redefinition, even reinvention, of human potential. It was a moment both of violent struggle and great achievement, of Michelangelo and da Vinci as well as the Borgias and Machiavelli. At the hub of this cultural and intellectual ferment was Italy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Beauty and the Terror\u003c\/em\u003e offers a vibrant history of Renaissance Italy and its crucial role in the emergence of the Western world. Drawing on a rich range of sources--letters, interrogation records, maps, artworks, and inventories--Catherine Fletcher explores both the explosion of artistic expression and years of bloody conflict between Spain and France, between Catholic and Protestant, between Christian and Muslim; in doing so, she presents a new way of witnessing the birth of the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190908491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190908492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020","brand":"Catherine Fletcher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045095567615,"sku":"9780190908492","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff532d56-c05b-457e-bb76-aa0be56ca24d.jpg?v=1684976707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beauty-and-the-terror-catherine-fletcher-9780190908492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}