Focussing on the consumer demand for goods in Renaissance Italy, The Material Renaissance establishes the dynamic social character of exchange. It demonstrates that the cost of goods, including the price of the most basic items, was largely contingent upon on the relationship between buyer and seller.
Focussing on the consumer demand for goods in Renaissance Italy, The Material Renaissance establishes the dynamic social character of exchange. It demonstrates that the cost of goods, including the price of the most basic items, was largely contingent upon on the relationship between buyer and seller.
Michelle O'Malley is Director of Research in the School of Humanities at the University of Sussex. Evelyn Welch is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London
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List of figures List of tables List of contributors Notes on currencies and measurements Abbreviations Preface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Consuming problems: Worldly goods in Renaissance Venice Patricia Allerston 2. Republican anxiety and courtly confidence: The politics of magnificence and fifteenth century Italian architecture Rupert Shepherd 3. Making money: Pricing and payments in Renaissance Italy Evelyn Welch 4. The social world of price formation: Prices and consumption in sixteenth century Ferrara Guido Guerzoni 5. Perugino and the contingency of value Michelle O'Malley 6. States and crafts: Relocating technical skills in Renaissance Italy Luca Mola 7. Diversity and design in the Florentine tailoring trade, 1550 1620 Elizabeth Currie 8. Art and the table in sixteenth century Mantua: Feeding the demand for innovative design Valerie Taylor 9. The illuminated manuscript as a commodity: Production, consumption and the cartolaio's role in fifteenth century Italy Anna Melograni 10. Credit and credibility: used goods and social relations in sixteenth century Florence Ann Matchette 11. The innkeeper's goods: The use and acquisition of household property in sixteenth century Siena Paola Hohti 12. Coins, cloaks and candlesticks: The economics of extravagance Mary Hollingsworth Index
List of figures List of tables List of contributors Notes on currencies and measurements Abbreviations Preface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Consuming problems: Worldly goods in Renaissance Venice Patricia Allerston 2. Republican anxiety and courtly confidence: The politics of magnificence and fifteenth century Italian architecture Rupert Shepherd 3. Making money: Pricing and payments in Renaissance Italy Evelyn Welch 4. The social world of price formation: Prices and consumption in sixteenth century Ferrara Guido Guerzoni 5. Perugino and the contingency of value Michelle O'Malley 6. States and crafts: Relocating technical skills in Renaissance Italy Luca Mola 7. Diversity and design in the Florentine tailoring trade, 1550 1620 Elizabeth Currie 8. Art and the table in sixteenth century Mantua: Feeding the demand for innovative design Valerie Taylor 9. The illuminated manuscript as a commodity: Production, consumption and the cartolaio's role in fifteenth century Italy Anna Melograni 10. Credit and credibility: used goods and social relations in sixteenth century Florence Ann Matchette 11. The innkeeper's goods: The use and acquisition of household property in sixteenth century Siena Paola Hohti 12. Coins, cloaks and candlesticks: The economics of extravagance Mary Hollingsworth Index
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