查尔斯·斯佩罗尼（Charles Speroni，1911—1984） 1911年出生于意大利托斯卡纳，1929年进入美国加州大学伯克利分校学习，1938年获罗曼语博士学位，后任加州大学洛杉矶分校艺术学院院长一职。所编纂的《意大利文艺复兴时期妙语录》与《基础意大利语》使他声名鹊起，此外还编有多部意大利文学专著。 译者简介： 周维明 江苏南京人，南京师范大学法律硕士。通晓拉丁语、古希腊语，另译有《阿提卡之夜》《荷马颂歌》等。

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.

Comments： The 20th century's masterpiece about Renaissance humanism Hans Baron successfully argues that civic humanists played a crucial role in the shift from the medieval to the modern age. These new humanists were - unlike their "ivory tower" isolated, contemplative, medieval counterparts - active citizens of the Florentine Republic and of their families and society. The Cri...(展开全部)

Comments： The 20th century's masterpiece about Renaissance humanism Hans Baron successfully argues that civic humanists played a crucial role in the shift from the medieval to the modern age. These new humanists were - unlike their "ivory tower" isolated, contemplative, medieval counterparts - active citizens of the Florentine Republic and of their families and society. The Cri...(展开全部)

The extraordinary creative energy of Renaissance Italy lies at the root of modern Western culture. In her elegant new introduction, Virginia Cox offers a fresh vision of this iconic moment in European cultural history, when between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries Italy led the world in painting, building, science and literature. Her book explores key artistic, literary a...(展开全部)