Description

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This book brings to vivid life the most concentrated surge of creativity in the history of civilization. Launching the Renaissance, the small city of Florence spawned a vibrant cultural and political life that offered unique opportunities for audacious risk taking and reversals to a panoply of memorable individuals.

About the Author

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Lawrence Rothfield has written or edited books on literary realism, the Brooklyn Museum of Art "Sensation" show controversy, music scenes in Chicago, and the looting of the Iraq National Museum. Currently he is working on a documentary about the life and art of outsider artist Ralph Blakelock, America's van Gogh. He teaches comparative literature at the University of Chicago.