Italian Renaissance

• List of plates. List of figures. Preface. Part 1: Humanism. 1. Introduction. 2. Concepts and assumptions. 3. Humanitas. 4. The source of Humanitas. 5. Petrarch and his successors. Part 2: The artist, the patron and the sources of artistic change. 6. Introduction. 7. Theories. 8. Artistic innovation and the artist's relations. 9. The influence of humanistic ideas. 10. Conclusions. Part 3: The achievement of the Italian Renaissance. 11. Man and society. 12. The intellectual and the ideal of intellectual. 13. Classical scholarship. 14. Historiography. 15. Renaissance and reform. Postcript: Future Prospects. Bibliography. Index.

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