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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139593103321

Autore

Motture Peta

Titolo

Re-thinking Renaissance objects : design, function and meaning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-283-25851-X

9786613258519

1-4443-9677-3

1-4443-9675-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Renaissance studies special issues  Re-thinking Renaissance objects

Classificazione

HIS037020

Altri autori (Persone)

O'MalleyMichelle

Disciplina

709.02

709.02/4094

709.024094

Soggetti

Art and society -- Europe -- History

Art objects, European -- History

Art objects, Italian -- History

Art, Renaissance -- Italy

Art, Renaissance

Material culture -- Europe -- History

Material culture -- Italy -- History

Renaissance

Victoria and Albert Museum

Renaissance - History - Italy

Art, Renaissance - History - Europe

Art, Renaissance - History - Italy

Art objects, European - History - Europe

Art objects, Italian - History

Material culture

Art and society

History & Archaeology

History - General

Europe Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

Re-thinking Renaissance Objects; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1: Finding fame: painting and the making of careers in Renaissance Italy; 2: Set in stone: monumental altar frames in Renaissance Florence; 3: Veit Stoss and the origins of collecting of small-scale sculpture before 1500; 4: New light on a Venetian lantern at the V&A; 5: Rethinking the Petrucci Pavement; 6: Dancing, love and the 'beautiful game': a new interpretation of a group of fifteenth-century 'gaming' boxes

7: Sharing and status: the design and function of a sixteenth-century Spanish spice stand in the Victoria and Albert Museum8: Scattered knives and dismembered song: cutlery, music and the rituals of dining; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Inspired by research undertaken for the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Re-thinking Renaissance Objects explores and often challenges some of the key issues and current debates relating to Renaissance art and culture.Puts forward original research, including evidence provided by an in-depth study arising from the Medieval & Renaissance Gallery projectContributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of the objects themselvesNew theo