The Humanistic Tradition, Book 3: The European Renaissance , The Reformation, and Global Encounter

interdisciplinary In Approach And Topical In Focus, The Sixth Edition Of the Humanistic Tradition Continues To Bring To Life Humankind's Creative Legacy. With More Than 800 Illustrations And Some 150 Literary Sources In Accessible Translations, This Widely Acclaimed Humanities Survey Takes A Global Perspective That Is At Once Selective And Engaging, And Helps Students Better Understand The Relationship Between World Cultures. Available In Multiple Formats, the Humanistic Tradition Examines The Political, Economic, And Social Contexts Out Of Which History's Most Memorable Achievements Emerged. The explosion of creativity that marked the European Renaissance provoked an unprecedented age of exploration and of cross-cultural encounter. From the depths of the Black Plague to the heights of Shakespeare's sonnets,book three of The Humanistic Tradition provides an exciting portrait of this period. In a compelling counterpoint to her description of the Renaissance,Fiero devotes a section to the cultures that came into increasing contact with the burgeoning West - the kingdoms of West Africa and the societies of North,Central,and South America. Book 3 of this six-book volume looks at the European Renaissance and the Reformation. It examines 14th-century transitions, Renaissance art, classical humanism and cross-cultural encounters. Focusing on Western traditions, it also offers themes in wider issues of the arts, philosophy and culture. Content: Adversity and challenge: the fourteenth-century transition -- Classical humanism in the age of the Renaissance -- Renaissance artists: disciples of nature, masters of invention -- Protest and reform: the waning of the old order -- Africa, the Americas, and cross-cultural encounter. bk. 1. The first civilizations and the classical legacy