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    <title>Thames and Hudson encyclopedia of the Italian Renaissance</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Hale, J. R.  (John Rigby)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1923-1999</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>c1981</dateIssued>
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    <extent>360 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Within the vast literature of the Renaissance, this is the one indispensable book: for the student who wants a guide to the complicated maze of Italian Renaissance political history; the scholar who needs a convenient, unified reference source; the art lover who wants to check facts and discover the background to the masterpieces of painting and sculpture; the traveler in Italy who wants to understand the great works of art and architecture in their context; and also the general reader who wants to find out more about this fascinating and important historical and cultural epoch.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by J.R. Hale.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references.</note>
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    <geographic>Italy</geographic>
    <topic>Civilization</topic>
    <temporal>1268-1559</temporal>
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