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A complement to classic studies of the Constitution’s economic, ideological, and political origins, The State as a Work of Art sheds new light on the origins of the Constitution and on ongoing debates over its interpretation.
For Giovanni Botero (d. 1617), ‘The State is a permanent dominium over people.’ For Burckhardt, the Renaissance State was a work of art, subject to rational planning, unconstrained by law or morals—but this development could occur only when the ‘stato’ became The State.
26 de ago. de 2010 · Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world. In this hugely influential work he argues that the Renaissance's...
The State as a Work of Art: The Cultural Origins of the Constitution. The founding of the United States after the American Revolution was so deliberate, so inspired, and so monumental...
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1 de may. de 2011 · The State as a Work of Art: The Cultural Origins of the Constitution. The founding of the United States after the American Revolution was so deliberate, so inspired, and so monumental in scope that the key actors considered this new government to be a work of art framed from natural rights.
Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world. In this hugely influential work he argues that the Renaissance's creativity, competitiveness, dynasties, great city-states and even its vicious rulers sowed the seeds of a new era.
