thetic delight theirwork stills gives today. She has not written a typical book about the Renaissance era. Her biases would lie more in her trying to find ways to link everything to money andpower. The facts that are presented are not wrong or untrue, she just makes them workfor her point. The biases are not openly apparent like one would usually find in anon-fiction book. Jardine has managed to hide her biases pretty well. A more informedreader may find a few mistakes in her information. According to the CorcoranDepartment of History at the University of Virginia, “Jardine attributed FrancescoGuicciardo instead of Baldassare Castiglione with writing The Book of the Courtier. Thisminor mistake did not keep her from making the point.I found the book surprisingly easy to read. The information was given in a veryconcise and informative manner. Very few scholarly words appear in the text. The bookseems to be aimed at general audiences, rather than scholars. The language of the bookhelped me to find the book enjoyable. However, this is not a book I would recommendto just anyone. I feel that readers with a true interests in art, power, the Renaissance, orhistory would find the book enjoyable. It was not my favorite non-fiction book, but I didlike reading it. I gained incredible insights into the motivations of the Renaissance period byreading this book. I learned a great deal about the duality of man, and his need foracceptance and humanitarian motives. I learned that the artists and admirers of art in theperiod were not only concerned with the beauty of art, but also the monetary value of it,which is something that continues into today’s society.Worldly GoodsBy: Lisa JardineJason MewesWorld Civilizations...
