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Ingenious Pursuits
Language: en
Pages: 466
Authors: Lisa Jardine
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-12-05 - Publisher: Anchor

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In this fascinating look at the European scientific advances of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, historian Lisa Jardine demonstrates that the pur
Worldly Goods
Language: en
Pages: 516
Authors: Lisa Jardine
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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'Worldly Goods' provides a radical interpretation of the Golden Age of European culture. During the Renaissance, Jardine argues, vicious commercial battles were
Global Interests
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Lisa Jardine
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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In this re-assessment of Renaissance art, Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton examine the ways in which European civilization defined itself between 1450 and 1550.
A Most Ingenious Paradox
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Gayden Wren
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher:

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Most books written on Gilbert and Sullivan have focused on the authors rather than on their work. Examining all 14 operas in detail, this book offers a fresh lo
Temptation in the Archives
Language: en
Pages: 162
Authors: Lisa Jardine
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-04 - Publisher: UCL Press

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Temptation in the Archives is a collection of essays by Lisa Jardine, that takes readers on a journey through the Dutch Golden Age. Through the study of such ke