The Material Renaissance - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719076579 ISBN 13 : 9780719076572

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2007

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The material Renaissance addresses issues of economic and social life. It develops the analysis of demand, supply and exchange first proposed by Richard Goldthwaite in his ground-breaking Wealth and the demand for art in Renaissance Italy, and expands our understanding of the particularities of exchange in this consumer-led period. Considering food, clothing and every-day furnishings, as well as books, goldsmiths work, altarpieces and other luxury goods, the book draws on contemporary archival material to explore pricing, to investigate production from the point of view of demand, and to look at networks of exchange that relied not only on money but also on credit, payment in kind and gift giving. The material Renaissance shows that communities actively sought new goods and novel means of production long before Colbert encouraged such industrial enterprise in France and reveals the wide ownership of objects, even among the economically disadvantaged.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0719076579
• ISBN 13: 9780719076572
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: O'Malley Michelle, Welch Evelyn