A collection of fifteen essays on some of the problems associated with the Scientific Revolution.

Originally published in 1967, this book discusses some key writers of the Renaissance: Machiavelli, Castiglione, Bacon and Hobbes and compares their work by rel

The outstanding collection of French old master drawings held in Washington's National Gallery of Art, represents in remarkable richness and breadth the history

In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world – economics and culture – to a detailed and historically