Three Golden Ages: Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's FoundingMadison Books, 1998 - 656 pages Historian Alf J. Mapp, Jr., delves into the economic, social, and artistic characteristics of three of the most intensely creative periods in Western history to explore the qualities that enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, and create timeless works of art. With his insight into Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and Revolutionary War-era America and his discussion of the key leaders and thinkers who helped shape each period, Mapp heightens our understanding of the elements that nurture sparks of progress and innovation in every civilization. |
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... society . A culture is the way of life of a group of humans . The group may be a primitive tribe , a large nation , or peoples of diverse origins sharing a civilization that spans a continent or rims an ocean . Civilization is a ...
... society . A culture is the way of life of a group of humans . The group may be a primitive tribe , a large nation , or peoples of diverse origins sharing a civilization that spans a continent or rims an ocean . Civilization is a ...
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... society producing an unusual number of ideas , inventions , works of art or science , and institutional innovations valued by other societies , contem- porary and subsequent , is certainly highly creative . Distinguished anthropolo ...
... society producing an unusual number of ideas , inventions , works of art or science , and institutional innovations valued by other societies , contem- porary and subsequent , is certainly highly creative . Distinguished anthropolo ...
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... societies , like our own American society at this juncture , seem de- termined to cut loose from their heritage . They try to forget their past , thereby losing the opportunity to build on it or even to learn from it . Articles ...
... societies , like our own American society at this juncture , seem de- termined to cut loose from their heritage . They try to forget their past , thereby losing the opportunity to build on it or even to learn from it . Articles ...
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The Persistent Question | 3 |
Waking the Dead | 13 |
Lorenzo the Magnificent | 21 |
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