Ron Witt, Duke University "This fascinating book offers a new perspective on the second crown of Italian literature, and an original way to understand the modernity of the poet of the self" - ...
One of the most intellectually engaged and well-read artists of his age, Ghiberti found inspiration in ancient and medieval texts, many of which he and his contacts in Florence's humanist community ...
Family identity and professional conformism are as important as any putative Renaissance “individualism” in Iris Origo’s ...
George McClure offers here a far-reaching analysis of the role of consolation in Italian Renaissance culture, showing how the humanists' interest in despair, and their effort to open up this realm in ...
Proctor is a former fellow of Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy. He is also a former fellow of the National Humanities Institute at Yale ...