Title Page	5
	Imprint	6
	Contents	7
	Illustrations	9
	Introduction	11
	Part I The Problem	25
	1 The Arts in Renaissance Italy	27
	2 The Historians: The Discovery of Social and Cultural History	42
	Part II The Arts in their Milieu	55
	3 Artists and Writers	57
	4 Patrons and Clients	104
	5 The Uses of Works of Art	142
	6 Taste	162
	7 Iconography	181
	Part III The Wider Society	195
	8 Worldviews: Some Dominant Traits	197
	9 The Social Framework	225
	10 Cultural and Social Change	251
	11 Comparisons and Conclusions	265
	Appendix: The Creative Elite	274
	References and Bibliography	276
	Index	324