Arguing for a reconsideration of the object's function in court life, this thesis investigates how the value of an object is tied to the role it plays in symbolic activities, which formed the basis of court relations at the end of the fifteenth century. This study thus examines the courts of Italy (particularly Ferrara and Naples) through the myriad of objects—statues, paintings, jewellery, furniture, and heraldry—that were valued for their subject matter, material forms, histories, and social functions. Such objects are considered not only as components of court life, but also as agents which activated the symbolic practices that became integral to relations within and between courts. These activities—the exchange of d...
The volume collects a series of essays, written by well-known Italian scholars (such as Francesco Pa...
This volume deals with the forms of propaganda and self-representation, through words and images, du...
This essay focuses on the material and symbolic aims that some objects (like silverware, jewels or p...
In this book, Leah R. Clark examines collecting practices across the Italian Renaissance courts, exp...
Objects are there to be used. Throughout history, the gifting of objects has been a universal activ...
Collecting became an important practice for Italian élites, resulting in the emergence of novel cult...
Representations of ‘foreign’ objects frequently appear in Renaissance paintings, particularly in the...
By focussing on the exchanges taking place in Naples, this study argues that Naples played a key rol...
The subject of my research is the female consort and her court. I focus on three Austrian Archduches...
This study examines how Venice features as a place of manufacture of and a point of purchase for qua...
This chapter addresses the paradox of precious things in the fifteenth century as their value led to...
This dissertation argues that contrary to received wisdom, the Venetian nobility were not the sole, ...
PhDThis thesis analyses the means by which items of Italian material culture came into the possessio...
L'étude des bijoux - notion complexe pour la période prise en examen - et de leurs représentations, ...
This article examines the circulation of gems, jewelry, and antique hardstones, through merchant-ban...
The volume collects a series of essays, written by well-known Italian scholars (such as Francesco Pa...
This volume deals with the forms of propaganda and self-representation, through words and images, du...
This essay focuses on the material and symbolic aims that some objects (like silverware, jewels or p...
In this book, Leah R. Clark examines collecting practices across the Italian Renaissance courts, exp...
Objects are there to be used. Throughout history, the gifting of objects has been a universal activ...
Collecting became an important practice for Italian élites, resulting in the emergence of novel cult...
Representations of ‘foreign’ objects frequently appear in Renaissance paintings, particularly in the...
By focussing on the exchanges taking place in Naples, this study argues that Naples played a key rol...
The subject of my research is the female consort and her court. I focus on three Austrian Archduches...
This study examines how Venice features as a place of manufacture of and a point of purchase for qua...
This chapter addresses the paradox of precious things in the fifteenth century as their value led to...
This dissertation argues that contrary to received wisdom, the Venetian nobility were not the sole, ...
PhDThis thesis analyses the means by which items of Italian material culture came into the possessio...
L'étude des bijoux - notion complexe pour la période prise en examen - et de leurs représentations, ...
This article examines the circulation of gems, jewelry, and antique hardstones, through merchant-ban...
The volume collects a series of essays, written by well-known Italian scholars (such as Francesco Pa...
This volume deals with the forms of propaganda and self-representation, through words and images, du...
This essay focuses on the material and symbolic aims that some objects (like silverware, jewels or p...