Tag renaissance studies

February 23, 2012
in History, Medieval & Renaissance History, Religion

Eminent Biography: Donald Weinstein on Savonarola

February 23, 2012
in History, Medieval & Renaissance History, Religion

What does it mean to be a prophet? In his new biography Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet, Donald Weinstein gives us one answer to this question, tracing the story of religious visionary Girolamo Savonarola from his early loss of faith in society to his later attempts

July 15, 2011
in Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

Invention and Reinvention in the French Renaissance

July 15, 2011
in Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

Many early perceptions of French culture saw France as “a secondary player or latecomer” to the Renaissance. Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France, edited by Martha Wolff, asserts that French aristocrats and artists formed their artistic identity “by means of selective assimilation” and deserves a place as an originator of the Renaissance.