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Vincent Cronin HARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY LORENTINE 31111002531257 Vincent Cronin THE nr" % //' ',: RENAISS 03 With24pages ofphotographs When recent flood waters wrought havoc among Florentine art treasures, the world's dramatic reaction was a tribute, more elo- quent than any words, to the supreme place Florence holdsin the heartsofart loversand humanists. But the art of Florence, such as Ghiberti's carved Baptistry doors, Brunel- leschi's Duonio, and the great paintings and statues, is only the visible expression of Florence's greatest glory—the spirit of the Quattrocento with which she shook the Western world. Now, in the first book to cover every facet of Florence's golden age, Vincent Cronin has written a brilliantly de- tailed, illustrated history of that profound fifteenth-century cultural revolution. The Flore7Jtwe Renaissance is the docu- mented story of a miracle. Beginning with the story of how and why the miracle occurred in Florence atthatparticular time, Vincent Cronin outlines the foundation of Florence's fifteenth-century greatness: her special geographical situation; her affluence, independence, and uniquely free citizeru-y; ^nd he-- far-flung banking interests (one client of Florentine bankers was the Pope). But these factors, although important, merelymade Florence fertileground forthe flowering of intellect and creative spirit. Mr. Cronin explains how the Renaissance really began with a fashion for classical studies among the rising Florentine leisured class. It was this new interest in the classical ideal which gaveFlorentinesarevolutionary newconceptofman'srole in the world: the ideal that he should live his life to its fullest on earth, ratherthanwaiting fo;- !>: spiritual reward in heaven. (continued on backflap) vl-'^' $7M Centrtxl .MAR 2 1 la/ti JUL 2 4 1976 AUG 2 8 1976 'Mar 1 ti jg;^ ^*'" myi!i> DATE DUE APR RETURN TO CENTRAL 15MiO loss VALLEY M^y^-^ 9^+5.5 Cronin Florentine Renaissance Marin County Free Library CfyfC C^nt^r A/'-T-'n'-^rpt'on Building THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE <;,^ .«^ By theSameAuthor THEGOLDEN HONEYCOMB THEWISEMANFROMTHE WEST APEARLTO INDIA A secondvolume to complete thehistory of theItalianRenaissance isin preparation Vincent Qronin THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE ^dS^/^Su5> & E. P. Dutton Co., Inc. New York 1967 Marin County Free Library Civic Center Administration Building San Rafael, Califor^tfc Copyright,©, 1967 byVincentCronin Allrightsreserved.Printed inthe U.S.A. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine,newspaper orbroadcast. PrintedbyAmericanBook-Stratford Press, Inc. LibraryofCongress CatalogCard Number: 67-20538 FIRST EDITION IS^MiO FOR CHANTAL Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 http://www.archive.org/details/florentinerenaisOOcron
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