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Natural History as Model: Pliny’s Parerga and the Pictorial Arts of Fifteenth-Century Italy 《以自然历史为范本:普林尼的《帕雷加》与15世纪意大利的绘画艺术》

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705433

C. Campbell

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A Twenty-First-Century Renaissance 二十一世纪的文艺复兴

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705359

N. Baker

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Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Future of Italian Renaissance History 快乐的理由:意大利文艺复兴历史的未来

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705469

K. Lowe

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“Finally the Academies”: Networking Communities of Knowledge in Italy and Beyond “最后的学院”:意大利及其他地区的知识网络社区

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705431

L. Sampson

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Weird Humanists 奇怪的人文主义者

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705397

S. Ross

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Economic and Business History as Cultural History: Pitfalls and Possibilities 作为文化史的经济和商业史:陷阱和可能性

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705400

F. Trivellato

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What Future? 什么未来?

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705436

R. Zorach

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Al di là dei confini 超越国界

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705504

L. Bolzoni

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The Museum’s Renaissance Revisited: Histories, Objects, Exhibits 博物馆的文艺复兴重访:历史，物品，展品

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705517

P. Findlen

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The Future of Studying Jewish Conversion in Renaissance Italy 意大利文艺复兴时期犹太人皈依研究的未来

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I Tatti Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/705412

Tamar Herzig

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