BRAUDEL (Fernand). The Italian Model. - Lot 57

BRAUDEL (Fernand). The Italian Model. Paris, Arthaud, 1987. Large folio, publisher’s cardboard binding with illustrated dust jacket. A comprehensive historical and cultural overview of Italy during the Renaissance and the early Baroque period. In this masterful work, Fernand Braudel examines the Italian peninsula as a major center of European civilization between the 15th and 17th centuries, a period during which Florence, Venice, Rome, Milan, and Naples exerted their influence across the entire continent. The author analyzes the economic, political, artistic, and intellectual mechanisms that made Italy the crucible of modern Europe. Architecture, urban planning, commerce, humanism, patronage, science, and the arts are examined from a comprehensive perspective characteristic of the Annales School. Richly illustrated in color and black-and-white, this volume serves as both a first-rate historical reference and a remarkable art book, featuring reproductions of paintings, maps, documents, and photographs. Condition Very good copy. Illustrated dust jacket intact.