Hybrid Renaissance: Culture, Language, Architecture

286 Pages·2015·9.219 MB·

by  Peter Burke

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Peter Burke is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History at the University
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William Chester Jordan: Men at the Center.
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Redemptive Governance under Louis IX
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A Social History of Knowledge Volume II: From the Encyclopedie to Wiki- b
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Hybrid Renaissance
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The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lecture Series
at Central European University, Budapest
Series Editor: Gábor Klaniczay
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Hybrid Renaissance
Culture, Language,
Architecture
Peter Burke
Central European University Press
Budapest – N ew York
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© 2016 by Peter Burke
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Burke, Peter, 1937–
Hybrid Renaissance : culture, language, architecture / Peter Burke.
pages cm
“Revised and expanded version of the Natalie Davis lectures for 2013, delivered
at the Central European University in Budapest”—Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-9633860878 (hardbound : alkaline paper)
1. Renaissance—Italy. 2. Cultural fusion—Italy--History. 3. Italy—Court and
courtiers—History. 4. Cities and towns—Italy—History. 5. Borderlands—
Italy—History. 6. Italy—Civilization—1268–1559. 7. Renaissance. 8. Cultural
fusion—History. I. Title.
DG533.B867 2015
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface and Acknowledgements xi
Introduction: An Expanding Renaissance 1
Chapter 1. The Idea of Hybridity 11
Chapter 2. The Geography of Hybridity 43
Chapter 3. Translating Architecture 53
Chapter 4. Hybrid Arts 77
Chapter 5. Hybrid Languages 97
Chapter 6. Hybrid Literatures 113
Chapter 7. Music, Law and humanism 135
Chapter 8. Hybrid Philosophies 153
Chapter 9. Translating Gods 173
Coda. Counter-Hybridization 199
Notes 207
Bibliography 223
Index 253
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Illustrations
1. Hampton Court, Surrey. (Photo: Ashley Lauren Pho-
tography, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
2. Paris, St. Eustache (Photo: wikimedia.org/Wikipedia/
commons/9/9c/904090)
3. Valencia, cathedral, façade.
4. Cathedral, Pienza, façade. (Photo: Heleen Meijer, Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heleenmeijer/
5214385752 Creative Commons BY 2.0)
5. Cathedral, Pienza, interior. (Photo: Ho Visto Nina Volare,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41099823@NOO/
652916222 Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0)
6. Church of St Étienne du Mont, Paris. (Photo: Mbzt,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/
P1020128_Paris Creative Commons BY 3.0)
7. Chapel façade, Peterhouse, Cambridge.
8. Courtyard, Casa de Pilatos, Seville.
9. Boimi Chapel, Lviv (Photo: Jennifer Boyer, http://
www.flickr.com/photos/jennifer boyer/ 5894776062
Creative Commons BY 2.0)
10. Church of La Compañia, Arequipa, Peru. (Photo: Ra-
fael Estrella, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafaelestrel-
la/34060817483/ Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0)
11. Fountain, Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico.
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