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Jacob Burckhardt

Swiss cultural historian whose study of the Italian Renaissance introduced the idea of the state as a work of art.

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Cultural historian at Basel. His treatment of the Italian city states as deliberately made objects, rather than as inherited conditions, supplies the frame For the Love of Law closes on.

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coined: The state as a work of art
wrote: The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

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by: The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
coined by: The state as a work of art
mentions: For the Love of Law

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