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Firstlight: From the Renaissance to Romanticism in Europe and the Pacific - Couverture rigide

Strongman, Luke

 
9781634820158: Firstlight: From the Renaissance to Romanticism in Europe and the Pacific
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1634820150 ISBN 13 : 9781634820158
Editeur : Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2015

Synopsis

The chapters of this book discuss in differing ways the transition in the second millennium of the Common Era from the Renaissance, through Enlightenment and subsequently, Romanticism, with a focus in Europe and the Pacific from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. The book highlights salient features of each movement, using examples from the lives and works of critical exponents of each artists, poets, playwrights, philosophers, engineers, navigators, and explorers. The aim has been to impart knowledge of each period, describe characteristics of the way in which the three movements transitioned from one to another through a particular thematic or topical focus, and outline central terms and concepts pertaining to them. In doing so, it is clear that the period of European and Pacific history that spanned the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries brought tremendous change on the human psyche and saw unprecedented development of industry, culture, arts, science and a flowering of the human imagination as well as a strengthening of the human capacity for reason. The Renaissance, and the transition between Enlightenment and Romanticism was indeed, a 'first-light' after the long dark ages in Europe, America and the Pacific West; it provided the impetus for the forces of change that impel progress in the present day. To make 'observations' of key figures and texts at various stages and events of the half-millennia in focus is also to reveal the perplexing change, society and human understanding of it was undergoing and to explore critical ideas and inventions of art and science that shaped the modern world.

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À propos de l'auteur

Luke Strongman teaches Communication at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. He has published several books in related topic areas of education, communication, reference, and social sciences for general and academic audiences.

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Éditeur
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1634820150
ISBN 13 
9781634820158
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
191
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