Three Golden Ages: Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's FoundingMadison Books, 1998 - 656 Seiten Historian Alf J. Mapp, Jr., delves into the economic, social, and artistic characteristics of three of the most intensely creative periods in Western history to explore the qualities that enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, and create timeless works of art. With his insight into Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and Revolutionary War-era America and his discussion of the key leaders and thinkers who helped shape each period, Mapp heightens our understanding of the elements that nurture sparks of progress and innovation in every civilization. |
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... intellectual environment that acquainted him with the concept of the Platonic idea and a sophisticated sense of the possible relationship between eros and agape . And the lyrical bent of his painting was enhanced by his knowledge of ...
... intellectual environment that acquainted him with the concept of the Platonic idea and a sophisticated sense of the possible relationship between eros and agape . And the lyrical bent of his painting was enhanced by his knowledge of ...
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... intellectual activity in degrees ranging from dilettantism to dedication . Elizabethan English leaders set equally good examples of intellectual involvement . Elizabeth's father , Henry VIII , paved the way . Before his appetite for ...
... intellectual activity in degrees ranging from dilettantism to dedication . Elizabethan English leaders set equally good examples of intellectual involvement . Elizabeth's father , Henry VIII , paved the way . Before his appetite for ...
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... intellectual , partly be- cause he is compared with so many associates famous for intellectual accom- plishment . But his range of activities was wide . He was a surveyor , a large - scale farmer , an inventor , a student of agronomy ...
... intellectual , partly be- cause he is compared with so many associates famous for intellectual accom- plishment . But his range of activities was wide . He was a surveyor , a large - scale farmer , an inventor , a student of agronomy ...
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