Italy & Hungary: Humanism and Art in the Early Renaissance

by Dániel Pócs, Valery Rees, Lázló Szörényi, et al.

In the later fifteenth century, the Kingdom of Hungary became the first land outside Italy to embrace the Renaissance, thanks to its king, Matthias Corvinus, and his humanist advisors, J nos Vit z and Janus Pannonius. Matthias created one of the most famous libraries in the Western World, the Bibliotheca Corviniana, rivaled in importance only by the Vatican. The court became home to many Italian humanists, and through his friendship with Lorenzo...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674063465
• ISBN13: 9780674063464
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Villa I Tatti
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.2" x 9.7"