Research Catalog

Title

Artisans, objects, and everyday life in Renaissance Italy : the material culture of the middling class / Paula Hohti Erichsen.

Author

Hohti, Paula, 1968-

Publication

• Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Description

364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits; 25 cm.

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.--

Series Statement

Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 21

Uniform Title

Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 21.

Alternative Title

Material culture of the middling class

Subject

• 1500-1599
• Manners and customs
• Material culture > Italy > Siena > History > 16th century
• Middle class > Italy > Siena > History > 16th century
• Artisans > Italy > Siena > History > 16th century
• ART / History / Renaissance
• Italy
• Siena (Italy) > Civilization > 16th century
• Siena (Italy) > Social life and customs > 16th century

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Artisans and local traders in Renaissance Siena -- 2. The economic status of Sienese artisans and shopkeepers -- 3. Boundaries, borders, and hierarchies -- 4. Business and income -- 5. Buying and acquiring material goods -- 6. Dowries and the circulation of material goods -- 7. A respectable and comfortable home -- 8. Novelty, refinement, and "splendour" -- 9. The home on show -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JQE 21-503

ISBN

• 9789463722629
• 9463722629

OCLC

1139624822

Author

Hohti, Paula, 1968- author.

Title

Artisans, objects, and everyday life in Renaissance Italy : the material culture of the middling class / Paula Hohti Erichsen.

Publisher

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 21

Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 21.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index.

Biography

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.

Chronological Term

1500-1599

Research Call Number

JQE 21-503