Artisans, objects and everyday life in Renaissance Italy : the material culture of the middling class / Paula Hohti Erichsen.
Pubblicazione:
Amsterdam : Amsterdam university press, c2020.
Descrizione fisica:
364 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Serie:
Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 21
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. Notes on money, dates and measures. List of illustrations. List of tables. Introduction. Pt. 1. Boundaries and borders: artisans and local traders in Renaissance society: 1. Artisans and local traders in Renaissance Siena 2. The economic status od Sienese artisans and shopkeepers 3. Boundaries, borders and hierarchies. Pt. 2. Creative economies: the acquisition and circulation of material goods: 4. Business and income 5. Buying and acquiring material goods 6. Dowries and the circulation of material goods. pt. 3. The ownership, dispaly and meaning of material goods: 7. A respectable and confortable home 8. Novelty, refinement and splendour 9. The home on show. Conclusion. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliography. About the author. Index