Play in Renaissance Italy

by Peter Burke

Book Overview

Far from being merely 'frivolous', scholars in diverse fields now recognise how central games, play and playfulness are to human culture, development and ingenuity, and how vital to the great scientific, political and artistic endeavours of the Renaissance world.

From comic verse to practical jokes, pornography to satire, acting to acrobatics, the Renaissance witnessed the flowering of play in all its forms. In the first wide-ranging and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509543430
• ISBN13: 9781509543434
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"