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Title: The Feud that Sparked the Renaissance

Subtitle: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World

Author: Paul Robert Walker

Narrator: Robert Whitfield

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 68 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

As this lush, imaginative history illuminates the drama surrounding the birth of a new artistic vision, it also explores the lives of other fascinating individuals, from Donatello and Masaccio to Cosimo de' Medici and Leon Battista Alberti. The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance offers a glorious tour of 15th-century Florence, a bustling city on the verge of greatness, during a time of flourishing creativity.

Critic Reviews:

"Robert Whitfield is a smooth and perfect voice for this journey....a well-framed snapshot of a moment in Western cultural history." (Audiobookcafe.com)

"This erudite recording manages to be listener friendly by throwing a spotlight on what is surely one of many unexplored byways in cultural history....Whitfield delivers the story with panache and aplomb." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Surprisingly entertaining...

history of how an art contest opened the doors (pun intended) to the greatest cultural rebirth in human history.