No period has been more discussed, dissected and argued over than the Renaissance, and every age has reconstructed it in its own image. Today’s emphasis is on its complexity – The way ideas, politics, religion, society, art and science depended upon and affected one another. The Renaissance complete does away with watertight divisions by means of a lucid, innovatory system of cross-references and brings the image to centre stage. The fascinating range of topics covered includes the revival of classical learning, the printing press, the rise of the nation-state, philosophy and the role of women. The scope is all-embracing: Italy, France, Spain, Britain, Germany and the Northern countries; Courts and patrons, painters and sculptors, churchmen and traders, men, women and children. Over 1, 000 illustrations are carefully focused on over 100 key topics, subject-matter taking precedence over art history. An impressive information resource provides biographies, time lines, bibliography, a gazetteer of museums and galleries and an illustrated glossary.

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