Approaching the Italian Renaissance Interior: Sources, Methodologies, Debates

The Renaissance interior is increasingly becoming a focus of historical debate. This volume brings together recent research drawing on the perspectives of an interdisciplinary group of scholars, combining innovative approaches, case studies, and methodological critiques. Through a shared interest in domestic practice, the collection expands the discourse on the Renaissance home, ultimately challenging traditional notions of public and private, interior and exterior, ideals and reality. Essays examine understudied spaces of the interior, such as baths and chapels, and offer new insights into more familiar topics such as identity, status, and family memory. Firmly grounded on a wide range of primary sources – ranging from visual and material evidence to archival documents – these contributions provide a genuinely fresh outlook on the Italian interior and will form a rich resource for scholars and students of the Renaissance.

Spis treści:
Editorial: John E. Law.
1. Approaching The Italian Renaissance Interior: Sources, Methodologies, Debates: Marta Ajmar–Wollheim, Flora Dennis and Ann Matchette.
2. ′Contrary To The Truth And Also To The Semblance Of Reality′? Entering A Venetian ′Lying–In′ Chamber (1605): Patricia Allerston.
3. Sacred To Secular, East To West: The Renaissance Study And Strategies Of Display: Maria Ruvoldt.
4. Domestic Sacral Space In The Florentine Renaissance Palace: Philip Mattox.
5. Bathing All′antica: Bathrooms In Genoese Villas And Palaces In The Sixteenth Century: Stephanie Hanke.
6. To Have And Have Not: The Disposal Of Household Furnishings In Florence: Ann Matchette.
7. Creating Sacred Space: The Religious Visual Culture of the Renaissance Venetian Casa: Margaret A. Morse.
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Marta Ajmar–Wollheim is Renaissance Course Tutor on the joint MA programme in History of Design at the Victoria and Alb ert Museum and Royal College of Art.
Flora Dennis is Research Fellow at the AHRC Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior (Royal College of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Royal Holloway).
Together they are co–curators of the museum’s major exhibition At Home in Renaissance Italy (V&A, 2006) and editors of the accompanying publication.
Ann Matchette, also based at the V&A, is a Renaissance Course Tutor on the joint MA in History of Design with the RCA.

Okładka tylna:
The Renaissance interior is increasingly becoming a focus of historical debate. This volume brings together recent research drawing on the perspectives of an interdisciplinary group of scholars, combining innovative approaches, case studies, and methodological critiques. Through a shared interest in domestic practice, the collection expands the discourse on the Renaissance home, ultimately challenging traditional notions of public and private, interior and exterior, ideals and reality. Essays examine understudied spaces of the interior, such as baths and chapels, and offer new insights into more familiar topics such as identity, status, and family memory. Firmly grounded on a wide range of primary sources – ranging from visual and material evidence to archival documents – these contributions provide a genuinely fresh outlook on the Italian interior and will form a rich resource for scholars and students of the Renaissance.