Re-Thinking Renaissance Objects : Design, Function and Meaning.
Peta. Motture
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (234 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- 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 Museum -- 8: Scattered knives and dismembered song: cutlery, music and the rituals of dining -- Bibliography -- Index.. - 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 project Contributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of the objects themselves New theories emerge from several papers, some of which challenge current thinking.
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| ISBN | 9781444396751
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