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 /

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Author / Creator:	Hohti, Paula, 1968- author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020] ©2020
Description:	364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 21 Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 21.
Subject:	Manners and customs. Material culture -- Italy -- Siena -- History -- 16th century. Middle class -- Italy -- Siena -- History -- 16th century. Artisans -- Italy -- Siena -- History -- 16th century. Italy. Siena (Italy) -- Civilization -- 16th century. Siena (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 16th century. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12526261

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Varying Form of Title:	Material culture of the middling class
ISBN:	9789463722629 9463722629
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index. Paula Hohti Erichsen is Professor of the History of Art and Culture at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki, Finland, and scientific director of the ERC consolidator-grant funded project Refashioning the Renaissance: Popular Groups, Fashion, and the Material and Cultural Significance of Clothing in Europe, 1550-1650. She is specialized in studies of Italian Renaissance dress, material culture, and decorative arts, with a special focus on their role and function within the classes of artisans and shopkeepers.
Summary:	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 and families at artisanal levels (such as shoemakers, barbers, bakers and innkeepers) lived and worked, managed their household economies and consumption, socialised in their homes, and engaged with the arts and the markets for luxury goods. It demonstrates that although the economic and social status of local craftsmen and traders was relatively low, their material possessions show how these men and women who rarely make it into the history books were fully engaged with contemporary culture, cultural customs and the urban way of life. 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 and families at artisanal levels (such as shoemakers, barbers, bakers and innkeepers) lived and worked, managed their household economies and consumption, socialised in their homes, and engaged with the arts and the markets for luxury goods. It demonstrates that although the economic and social status of local craftsmen and traders was relatively low, their material possessions show how these men and women who rarely make it into the history books were fully engaged with contemporary culture, cultural customs and the urban way of life.--

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