Explores European history from 1450-1789, from the print revolution to the French Revolution. Includes over 1,100 articles written by eminent scholars covering major topics in art, government, and education as well as providing biographical entries on key figures of the period. Also covers topics specific to the era, such as apocalypticism, guilds, food riots, royal mistresses and lovers, the Spanish Inquisition, Utopia and others.

Online version of the 6-volume work, published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004.

This A-to-Z reference of the European Renaissance features entries on important people, places, and events, and chronicles developments in such areas as the arts, science, religion, and politics. Entries cover key historical figures, significant events, and influential ideas.

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Traces the development of allegory in the European and American tradition from antiquity to the modern era.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

These two thinkers confront the issues surrounding public support for the arts through d'Alembert's original proposal, Rousseau's attack, and the first English translation of d'Alembert's response as well as correspondence relating to the exchange."