Artisans, Objects and Everyday Life in Renaissance Italy : : The Material Culture of the Middling Class /

Artisans, Objects and Everyday Life in Renaissance Italy : : The Material Culture of the Middling Class / / Paula Hohti Erichsen.

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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 an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Hohti Erichsen, Paula,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Visual and Material Culture, 1300 –1700 ; 21
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Physical Description:1 online resource (364 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Money, Dates, and Measures
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • Part I ‒ Boundaries and Borders: Artisans and Local Traders in Renaissance Society
  • 1. Artisans and Local Traders in Renaissance Siena
  • 2. The Economic Status of Sienese Artisans and Shopkeepers
  • 3. Boundaries, Borders, and Hierarchies
  • Part II ‒ 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
  • Part III ‒ The Ownership, Display, and Meanings of Material Goods
  • 7. A Respectable and Comfortable Home
  • 8. Novelty, Refinement, and ‘Splendour’
  • 9. The Home on Show
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • Index

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