Artisans, objects and everyday life in Renaissance Italy : the material culture of the middling class
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Money, Dates and Measures -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Lower Social Groups and Renaissance Culture -- Artisans and Shopkeepers in Sixteenth-Century Italy -- Renaissance Siena and Its Arti...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,
2020
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Visual and material culture, 1300-1700
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 |
| Schlagworte: | Material culture Middle class Artisans Artisans-Italy-History Electronic books Italien Mittelstand Kunsthandwerk Alltagsgegenstand Alltagskultur |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Money, Dates and Measures -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Lower Social Groups and Renaissance Culture -- Artisans and Shopkeepers in Sixteenth-Century Italy -- Renaissance Siena and Its Artisans and Shopkeepers -- The People and Contents of the Book -- Notes -- Part I. Boundaries and Borders: Artisans and Local Traders inRenaissance Society -- 1. Artisans and Local Traders in RenaissanceSiena -- Abstract -- Who Were the Artisans? -- Living and Working in Sixteenth-Century Siena -- Notes -- 2. The Economic Status of Sienese Artisansand Shopkeepers -- Abstract -- Honour, Profit and Power -- Surnames and Identities -- Distribution of Wealth -- Property: Life Styles and Life Stories -- Notes -- 3. Boundaries, Borders, and Hierarchies -- Abstract -- A Hierarchy of Trades -- Moving Boundaries -- Notes -- Part II. Creative Economies: The Acquisition and Circulation of Material Goods -- 4. Business and Income -- Abstract -- Workshop Practice and the Artisan's World of Work -- Getting Paid -- Wages and Payments -- Supplementary Income -- Notes -- 5. Buying and Acquiring Material Goods -- Abstract -- Buying Goods in Renaissance Siena -- Credit Transactions -- Barter -- Notes -- 6. Dowries and the Circulation of MaterialGoods -- Abstract -- Dowries -- Bridal Trousseau -- Counter-Gifts for the Bride -- The Symbolic and Material Meaning of Wedding Gifts -- Notes -- Part III. The Ownership, Display, and Meanings of Material Goods -- 7. A Respectable and Comfortable Home -- Abstract -- The Size and Organization of Domestic Space -- Furniture for Sleeping -- Chests and Furniture for Storage -- Dining and Preparation of Meals -- Notes -- 8. Novelty, Refinement, and 'Splendour' -- Abstract -- Ornamental Furnishings -- Tableware -- Credenzas. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789048550265 9048550262 9789463722629 9463722629 |