Peter Whitfield
The Renaissance in a Nutshell
2009
audio book

#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Renaissance is one of the most powerful... 5:08
2 In the 14th and 15th centuries... 4:55
3 Virtue was 'armed wisdom', it led to... 5:29
4 Bruni had boasted that 'Florence harbours the greatest minds...'... 7:05
5 The influence of Vitruvius and the new approach... 5:24
6 Throughout the 16th century churches and palaces... 1:56
7 The development of painting in these years... 6:49
8 With these three painters - Botticelli, Mantegna and Bellini... 3:15
9 Leonardo was slighting when he spoke of sculpture... 2:48
10 In Venice, the years of Michelangelo and Raphael... 3:10
11 The 'Madonna of Chancellor Rolin' is a fascinating essay... 4:22
12 Music is more difficult to dovetail neatly... 4:42
13 As polyphony became more sophisicated... 3:07
14 Renaissance art represented a rediscovery of the world. 5:25
15 It is often said that the true potential of the printing ... 5:28
16 The revelations of Thoth-Hermes were believed... 9:10
17 Unfortunately for its devotees, the whole Hermetic edifice... 6:13
Total time 78:05