Florence,+Italy+-+Renaissance

Resources for Florence, Italy (Renaissance) toc


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__General__ Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
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The Building of Renaissance Florence: An Economic and Social History Florence Ducal Capital, 1530-1630 Pictures and Punishment: Art and Criminal Prosecution During the Florentine Renaissance Renaissance Florence Early Modern Italy: A Social History The Universities of the Italian Renaissance In Our Image and Likeness: Humanity and Divinity in Italian Humanist Thought The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death: Six Renaissance Cities in Central Italy The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance: Civic Humanism and Republican Liberty in an Age of Classicism and Tyranny Power and Imagination: City-States in Renaissance Italy The Economy of Renaissance Florence
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An introduction to the Italian Renaissance (29 min.)
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**Search for more books, e-books, and videos:** Search the Library Catalog. Also try searching in OhioLINK for books at other colleges and universities. Suggested Subject Heading Searches:
 * Renaissance Italy Florence
 * Renaissance Italy
 * Italy History 1268-1492
 * Italy History 1492-1559
 * Florence Italy History 1421-1737

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=__**Art, Architecture, and Music**__=

The Architecture of the Monastic Library in Italy, 1300-1600: Catalogue with Introductory Essay Niccolo di Giovanni Fiorentiono and Venetian sculpture of the early Renaissance Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts Renaissance and Renascences in Western art A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Restoration of the Century (55 min.) Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance (52 min.) Journey of the Magus: Artists and Patrons in Renaissance Italy (60 min.) The Pure Radiance of the Past (60 min.) Riddle of the Dome: Florence Cathedral and Filippo Brunelleschi (30 min.) Violence and Beauty: Botticelli's Drawings for the Divine Comedy (60 min.) Michelangelo (24 min.) Giotto (24 min.) Da Vinci's World (90 min.)
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Search the Library Catalog. Also try searching in OhioLINK for books at other colleges and universities. Suggested Subject Headings:
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 * Art Italy
 * Art Italian
 * Art Italian Italy Florence
 * Art Renaissance Italy
 * Florence Art Italian Italy

**Databases** To find articles, try searching for your topic in: Art Full Text - Index and abstracts for articles in art. ArtStor - A digital library of images

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=__**Drama and Literature**__=

From Poliziano to Machiavelli: Florentine Humanism in the High Renaissance Women Latin Poets: Language, Gender, and Authority, From Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The History of Theater (30 min.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Renaissance Theatre (21 min.)
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 * Theater History
 * Theaters Stage Setting and Scenery
 * Commedia dell'arte

**Databases** To find articles, try searching for your topic in: Literary Reference Center - plot summaries, synopses, work overviews, and scholarly journal articles (literary criticism) MLA International Bibliography - index to books and articles on modern languages and literature International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance - articles and other publications on all aspects of theater and performance

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=__Fashion and Clothing__=

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 * Florence Italy Social Life and Customs
 * Italy Social Life and Customs
 * Clothing and Dress History

**Databases** To find articles, try searching for your topic in: Historical Abstracts - index to articles covering world history from 1450-present Women's Studies International

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=__**Food**__=

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 * Food History
 * Cooking European History
 * Gastronomy History

**Databases** To find articles, try searching for your topic in: Historical Abstracts - index to articles covering world history from 1450-present

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=__**Science**__=

Cultures of Plague: Medical Thinking at the End of the Renaissance Mechanics and Natural Philosophy Before the Scientific Revolution Medieval & Early Renaissance medicine Natural Particulars: Nature and the Disciplines in Renaissance Europe <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Defending Copernicus and Galileo: Critical Reasoning in the Two Affairs <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Galileo Galilei, When the World Stood Still <span style="color: #050200; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Healthy Living in Late Renaissance Italy
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Light & Dark: Light (60 min.)
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 * Science Renaissance
 * Science History

**Databases** To find articles, try searching for your topic in: PubMed - biomedical science resources indexed by the National Library of Medicine

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=__**Women**__=

Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England Oxford encyclopedia of Women in World History
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Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist
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Search the Library Catalog. Also try searching in OhioLINK for books at other colleges and universities. Suggested Subject Headings to browse:
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 * Women Italy
 * Women History Renaissance 1450 1600

**Databases** To find articles, try searching for your topic in: Women's Studies International Gender Studies Database

Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, and Amazons, 1500-1650
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