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Playful pictures : art, leisure, and entertainment in the Venetian Renaissance home
- Title
- Playful pictures : art, leisure, and entertainment in the Venetian Renaissance home / Chriscinda Henry.
- Author
- Henry, Chriscinda, 1973-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
- ©2021.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | ND621.V5 H46 2021 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 267 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- "Examines the intersection of private art collecting, domestic social life, and recreational practices in Renaissance Venice"--
- Alternative Title
- Art, leisure, and entertainment in the Venetian Renaissance home
- Subject
- To 1599
- Painting, Renaissance > Venice
- Art > History > Venice > To 1500
- Art > History > Venice > 16th century
- Art and recreation > Venice > History > To 1500
- Art and recreation > Venice > History > 16th century
- Recreation in art
- Leisure in art
- Art and recreation
- Art > Private collections
- Civilization
- Painting, Renaissance
- Venice (Italy) > Civilization > 16th century
- Italy > Venice
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-250) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the art of leisure -- Boredom and relief on Carpaccio's Studiolo door -- Pastoral fellowship and the performance of virtuosity -- Theatrical painting from Alla bulesca and Commedia dell'arte -- Ludic art and entertainment in the Venetian Portego -- Epilogue : the carnivalization of Venice.
- Call Number
- ND621.V5
- ISBN
- 9780271089119
- 0271089113
- LCCN
- 2021018796
- 40031007423
- OCLC
- on1240412962
- 1240412962
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries