Artisans, objects and everyday life in Renaissance Italy : the material culture of the middling class / Paula Hohti Erichsen.
2020
DG975.S5
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Title
Artisans, objects and everyday life in Renaissance Italy : the material culture of the middling class / Paula Hohti Erichsen.
Author
ISBN
9789048550265 (electronic book)
9048550262 (electronic book)
9789463722629 (hardback)
9048550262 (electronic book)
9789463722629 (hardback)
Published
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Copyright
©2020
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
DG975.S5
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1223969117
Summary
Did ordinary Italians have a 'Renaissance'? This book presents the first in-depth exploration of how artisans and small local traders experienced the material and cultural Renaissance. Drawing on a rich blend of sixteenth century visual and archival evidence, it examines how individuals and families at artisanal levels (such as shoemakers, barbers, bakers and innkeepers) lived and worked, managed their household economies and consumption, socialised in their homes, and engaged with the arts and the markets for luxury goods. It demonstrates that although the economic and social status of local craftsmen and traders was relatively low, their material possessions show how these men and women who rarely make it into the history books were fully engaged with contemporary culture, cultural customs and the urban way of life.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
1. Artisans and local traders in Renaissance Siena
2. The economic status of Sienese artisans and shopkeepers
3. Boundaries, borders, and hierarchies
4. Business and income
5. Buying and acquiring material goods
6. Dowries and the circulation of material goods
7. A respectable and comfortable home
8. Novelty, refinement, and "splendour"
9. The home on show
Conclusion.
1. Artisans and local traders in Renaissance Siena
2. The economic status of Sienese artisans and shopkeepers
3. Boundaries, borders, and hierarchies
4. Business and income
5. Buying and acquiring material goods
6. Dowries and the circulation of material goods
7. A respectable and comfortable home
8. Novelty, refinement, and "splendour"
9. The home on show
Conclusion.
Historical Data
Paula Hohti Erichsen is Professor of the History of Art and Culture at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki, Finland, and scientific director of the ERC consolidator-grant funded project Refashioning the Renaissance: Popular Groups, Fashion, and the Material and Cultural Significance of Clothing in Europe, 1550-1650. She is specialized in studies of Italian Renaissance dress, material culture, and decorative arts, with a special focus on their role and function within the classes of artisans and shopkeepers.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Visual and material culture, 1300-1700.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Hohti, Paula, 1968- Artisans, objects, and everyday life in Renaissance Italy. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [ 2020]
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