'His figure was striking, but not so from grace ...and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air; something almost super-human.' First published in 1797, The Italian is one of the finest examples of Gothic romance. The fast-paced, narrative centres on Ann Radcliffe's most brilliant creation, the sinister monk Schedon...(展开全部)

彼得·伯克是英国剑桥大学的文化史教授；剑桥大学埃马纽埃尔学院的研究员。他先前出版的著作包括：《欧洲近代早期的大众文化》（PopularCultureinEarlyModemEurope，1978）、《近代早期意大利的历史人类学解（HistoricaIAnthropologyofEarlyModernItaly，1987）、（《廷臣的命运》（The Fortunes ofthe Courtier，1995）、《历史学与社会理论》（hstoryandSociaL　ThoerY，1992）、《多元的文化史》（VarietiesofCulturalHistorp；1997）。

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions which existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and analyses the ways of thinking and seeing which characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity. Developing a distincti...(展开全部)

彼得•默里， 伦敦大学艺术史荣誉教授， 毕业于考陶德艺术学院［the Courtauld Institute of Art］，并在那里从事教学。1967年，他接替尼古拉斯•佩夫斯纳［Nikolans Pevsner］来到伦敦大学伯贝克学院[Birbeck College, University of London］。他撰写了许多建筑史著作， 包括《文艺复兴建筑》 ［Renaissance Architecture] ( 1972 ) ; 《英国建筑史》［A History of English Architecture] ( 1962, 1965）的一部分；以及与妻子琳达•默里［Linda Murray］共同撰写的《文艺复兴艺术》 ［The Art of the Renaissance] ( 1963）， 该书也被艺术世界丛书收录。

A handsome reissue of a classic guide to the architecture of Renaissance Italy indispensable to travelers, students, and architecture buffs alike and still the most comprehensive and accessible overview available. Photos and drawings throughout.