The Material Renaissance (Studies in Design)
Contributors: Michelle O'Malley (Editor); Evelyn Welch (Editor)
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: February 5, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780719076572
Subjects: Industrial / Commercial Art & Design; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe - Italy; History - General; Social History; History / Social History
Description: "Despite the recent interests of economic and art historians in the workings of the market, we still know remarkably little about the everyday context for the exchange of objects and the meaning of demand in the lives of individuals in the Renaissance. Nor do we have much sense of the relationship between the creation and purchase of works of art and the production, buying and selling of other types of objects in Italy in the period. The Material Renaissance addresses these issues of economic and social life"--Provided by publisher.