The Italian Renaissance in the German Historical Imagination, 1860–1930 Ruehl

The Italian Renaissance in the German Historical Imagination, 1860\u20131930\n\nExplores German engagement with the Italian Renaissance in the decades from German unification to the Weimar republic.\n\nMartin A. Ruehl (Author)\n\n9781107036994, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 15 October 2015\n\n341 pages\n23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.67 kg\n\n'The legacy of the late Georg G. Iggers graces The Italian Renaissance in the German Historical Imagination, 1860\u20131930, Martin A. Ruehl's elegant exploration of the German idea of the Renaissance from Jacob Burckhardt to Hans Baron. \u2026 The book's lavish illustrations supplement the literary, textual approach with an evocative glimpse at neo-Renaissance art and architecture.' Tuska Benes, The American Historical Review\n\nTowards the end of the nineteenth century, Germany's bourgeois elites became enthralled by the civilization of Renaissance Italy. As their own country entered a phase of critical socioeconomic changes, German h]