Collecting art in the Italian Renaissance court : objects and exchanges /
Leah R. Clark examines collecting practices across the Italian Renaissance court, exploring the circulation, exchange, collection, and display of objects. Rather than focusing on patronage strategies or the political power of individual collectors, she uses the objects themselves to elucidate the dy...
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| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Mobile objects and sociable exchanges in the Renaissance court
- 1. Carafa's Testa di cavallo: the life of a bronze gifthorse
- 2. Practices of exchange: merchant bankers and the circulation of objects
- 3. Intertextuality and collection at the court of Ferrara: Roberti's diptych
- 4. Order of the Ermine: collars, cloaks, and the circulation of the sign
- Conclusion: Towards a new understanding of objects at court.