At home in Renaissance Italy
Ajmar-Wollheim, Marta2006
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Considers the urban Italian house as a crucible for the development of Renaissance art and culture. Illuminating the vitality of the domestic sphere and evoking the spaces in which everyday lives were led, it presents an entirely fresh approach.
Main title:
At home in Renaissance Italy / by Marta Ajmar-Wollheim (Editor) and Flora Dennis (Editor)
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Imprint:
London V & A 2006
Collation:
420 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Introduction - The Florentine casa - The Venetian casa - The artisan's casa - People and property in Florence and Venice - Representing domestic interiors - Marriage and sexuality - Chests - The lettuccio (daybed) and cappellinaio (hat rack) - Conception and birth - Children and education - Servicing the casa - Housework - Books - Business activities - Scientific knowledge - Health, beauty and hygiene - The restello: furniture for beauty - Devotion - Sociability - Bathing in Genoa - Tables and chairs - Music - Meals - Tableware - Art in the casa - The acquaio (wall fountain) and fireplace in Florence The Medici study - Bronzes - Splendour - Middle-eastern objects - Prints - Everyday objects - Textiles and clothing
ISBN:
1851774882 (hbk 9781851774883 hbk)
Dewey class:
709.4502 ATH
Local class:
709.4502
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
24890
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 709.4502 ATH | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |