The Building of Renaissance Florence: An Economic and Social History / Edition 1

by Richard A. Goldthwaite

Overview

'Awarded'' the Howard R. Marraro Prize by the American Historical Association.' Always fascinating...The reader will get from Goldthwaite's book on the economics of architecture a more lively and moreauthentic impression of life in Renaissance Florence than from many more general descriptions of Florentine culture.--Felix Gilbert, 'New York Review of Books.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801829772
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1982
Edition description:	REISSUE
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard A. Goldthwaite is professor emeritus of history at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Building of Renaissance Florence: An Economic and Social History and Wealth and the Demand for Art in Italy, 1300–1600, both also published by Johns Hopkins.

Editorial Reviews

"Always fascinating... The reader will get from Goldthwaite's book on the economics of architecture a more lively and more authentic impression of life in Renaissance Florence than from many more general descriptions of Florentine culture."

New York Review of Books - Felix Gilbert

Always fascinating.
— New York Review of Books

Felix Gilbert