renaissance nonfiction you should read!

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It's been a while since my last Renaissance Recommendations video so I thought I would make a video all about modern nonfiction on the Italian Renaissance. I hope you enjoy it!
Books I Mentioned:
Renaissance People by Beth Lindsmith and Robert C. Davis
The Ugly Renaissance by Alexander Lee
Painting and Experience in 15th Century Italy
Death in Florence by Paul Strathern
Renaissance Florence by Gene Brucker
April Blood by Lauro Martines
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
The Borgias by G. J. Meyer
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@karenlee48 2 ай бұрын

Jennifer, you will be dearly missed. Your passion for books was truly an inspiration.

@Kevin_Reads 10 ай бұрын

Aaaah, yes! More Italian renaissance. This is a blessed day!

@jasmin5246 10 ай бұрын

I'm trash for Renaissance and squealing with delight right now! Been searching for a book on early Renaissance Florence for ages! You're a godsend, Jennifer! Thank you!

@harmonicdistortion1 10 ай бұрын

Always interesting to hear you talk about Italian Renaissance. Thanks for overview. Now I'm craving some Italian food..

@binglamb2176 10 ай бұрын

The Walter Isaacson biography of Leonardo da Vinci is superb. I read it last year and can unreservedly second what you said about it.

@clarepotter7584 10 ай бұрын

My favourite of the ninja turtle artists 🤣 Great recommendations. I have 'Brunelleschi's Dome' on my TBR pile and was thinking of getting 'Out of Italy' by Fernand Braudel.

@Lu.G. 10 ай бұрын

Yay - I actually have one of these on my shelf. 😂 I purchased Walter Isaacson's Da Vinci a few weeks ago and of course, I haven't read it yet. 😬 April Blood, Galilieo's Daughter and The Borgias all sound really interesting, so I'm gonna add them to my _list._ 🤓 Thanks so much for sharing! 📚

@CalliAMusic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for so many nonfiction recs. Not enough booktubers do them.

@janebaily3758 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for these recommendations. Will look for the Borgia book and i remember seeing Galileo book when it first came out. Thanks!!

@joyceredman2136 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Renaissance book recommendations.

@MarelisaFabrega 10 ай бұрын

Loved the video, Jenny. I lived in Italy for a year, and for a few months I was staying in a palazzo on the piazza that surrounds the Basilica di San Lorenzo, which is where the principal members of the Medici family are buried. Also, there's a TV show called "The Borgias" , starring Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia. If you can find it, you should definitely watch it. It's incredibly entertaining.

@jenniferbrooks 10 ай бұрын

I love that show!! what a magical experience to stay in Florence!

@edithcabrera2782 10 ай бұрын

This is the TBR list I didn't know I needed, and well Non-fiction november is fast approaching

@maddys3955 10 ай бұрын

Ooooh thank you for the recommendations! The “painting and experience” book sounds right up my alley, ordering it now.😊

@Shipwrecked_Alien 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, this is so helpful!

@Lokster71 10 ай бұрын

Ah, brilliant video Jennifer. The Renaissance is one of my (many) gaps. Basically most of my knowledge is based on two Fourth Doctor stories: The Masque of Mandragora and The City of Death. Ha! This is a great list of books to start filling those gaps in. I managed to pick up a 2nd hand copy of Painting and Experience in Renaissance Italy online. So that's great. I've got a copy of Vasari's 'The Lives of Artists' that I've not got around to reading yet.

@jenniferbrooks 10 ай бұрын

Vasari is absolutely wonderful!

@amyofhearthridge 10 ай бұрын

This is fascinating! Thanks for sharing. ♥️📚

@laurenc4553 10 ай бұрын

This was such perfect timing, I've been adding to my renaissance wish list so im living for this content 😂

@stephenn3727 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Jennifer!

@adrienne4028 10 ай бұрын

I loved, loved,loved this video! I'm interested in learning about everything to do with the Italian Renaissance. Also, I'd like to know your book recommendations of authors, who write fiction that takes place in the renaissance. 😊

@dqan7372 10 ай бұрын

Helpful list! Fortunately, my library has Renaissance People. I loved the other GJ Meyer book I read (World Undone), so will keep The Borgias in mind. Also the Isaacson book.

@unstartedartist 10 ай бұрын

Very well said about Paul Strathern's Medici book. Such a weird unnecessary tone towards religion/sexuality. I will say that overall I enjoyed it as a introduction/overview of the Medici. Loved the video, great recommendations

@jenniferbrooks 10 ай бұрын

it was a genuinely bizarre tone but you're right, def a good intro to the family.

@jackiesliterarycorner 10 ай бұрын

I'll have to keep an eye out for some of these books. This is one of the time periods I'm intrigued by. It would be easier if some of these were at the library, but my library is small.

@audreyapproved 10 ай бұрын

I'm partway through Isaacson's Leonardo da Vinci and loving it so far. Have you read The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization by Paul Strathern? That one has been sitting on my TBR for a while...

@jenniferbrooks 10 ай бұрын

I haven't! it's been on my tbr for a little while too.

@cherylclough4309 10 ай бұрын

I’ve read The Pope’s Ceiling and loved it. I also read Brunellechi’s Dome…(hope I spelled that correctly!). I really enjoyed it as well-and I’m not much good at understanding architecture either. I must admit I read them both just before going to Italy for the first time. (Sigh). Read the Dome. It’s pretty good. I’ve also read Galileo’s Daughter. I liked it. I’ve added books to my Renaissance reading list. Thank you.

@jenniferbrooks 10 ай бұрын

that's good to hear--I'll have to pick it up.

@inkiwell 10 ай бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎨

@mimishimaineko1173 10 ай бұрын

Great recs! I might read parts of Ingrid Rossellini's "Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance".🧡

@AmalijaKomar 10 ай бұрын

Love this video! Now l'll find more of your renaissance videos. Did you know there are poems from Michelangelo that can be found in book form, published?

@jenniferbrooks 10 ай бұрын

often when his journals are published, the poetry is included with it but if I'm not mistaken, Oxford released an edition of his poetry not too long ago.