Titre :	From dawn to decadence : 500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Barzun, Jacques (1907-2012), Auteur
Editeur :	New York : HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Année de publication :	©2000
Importance :	xviii, 877 p.
Format :	24 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-06-017586-3
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Civilization Civilization, Western. Europe Intellectual life Learning and scholarship Middle Ages.
Index. décimale :	CB 245
Résumé :	Showcases the triumphs and defeats of five hundred years of Western cultural history, highlighting the contributions of women and arguing that decadence is required in order to spark creativity in the next era.
Note de contenu :	Prologue: from current concerns to the subject of this book -- pt. 1: from Luther's Ninety-five theses to Boyle's "Invisible college" -- pt. 2: from the bog and sand of Versailles to the tennis court -- pt. 3: from Faust, Part I, to the "Nude descending a staircase No. 2" -- pt. 4: from "The great illusion" to "Western civ has got to go."

From dawn to decadence : 500 years of western cultural life : 1500 to the present [texte imprimé] / Barzun, Jacques (1907-2012), Auteur . - New York : HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., ©2000 . - xviii, 877 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-06-017586-3
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Civilization Civilization, Western. Europe Intellectual life Learning and scholarship Middle Ages.
Index. décimale :	CB 245
Résumé :	Showcases the triumphs and defeats of five hundred years of Western cultural history, highlighting the contributions of women and arguing that decadence is required in order to spark creativity in the next era.
Note de contenu :	Prologue: from current concerns to the subject of this book -- pt. 1: from Luther's Ninety-five theses to Boyle's "Invisible college" -- pt. 2: from the bog and sand of Versailles to the tennis court -- pt. 3: from Faust, Part I, to the "Nude descending a staircase No. 2" -- pt. 4: from "The great illusion" to "Western civ has got to go."