Pieter Bruegel and the Culture of the Early Modern Dinner Party - Rilegato

Goldstein, Claudia

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ISBN 10: 0754667324 ISBN 13: 9780754667322

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2013

Riassunto

Mining a rich, interdisciplinary mix of sources, including stoneware jugs, personal correspondence, paintings, inventories, and literature written for the dining room, this study offers a critical and entirely original examination of the function of early modern images for the people who owned and viewed them. The study explores the emergence, functions and material culture of the Antwerp dinner party during the heady days of the mid-sixteenth century, when Antwerp’s art market was thriving and a new wealthy, non-noble class dominated the city. The author recontextualizes some of Bruegel’s work within the cultural nexus of the dining room, where material culture and theatrical performance met humanist wit and the desire for professional advancement. The narrative also touches on the reception of Northern art in Lombardy, on intersections among painting, material culture, and theater, and on intellectual history.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Claudia Goldstein is an Associate Professor of Art History at William Paterson University, USA.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0754667324
• ISBN 13: 9780754667322
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 188