The Reception of Antiquity in Renaissance Humanism

Download or read book The Reception of Antiquity in Renaissance Humanism written by Manfred Landfester and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the thinkers, artists and scholars of the Renaissance, antiquity was a major source of inspiration; it provided renewed modes of scholarship, led to corrections of received doctrine and proved a wellspring of new achievements in almost every area of human life. The 130 articles in this volume cover not only well known figures of the Renaissance such as Copernicus, Dürer, and Erasmus but also overall themes such as architecture, agriculture, economics, philosophy and philology as well as many others."--Provided by publisher.