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Art, Marriage, and Family in the Florentine Renaissance Palace (Hardcover)
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Art, Marriage, and Family in the Florentine Renaissance Palace (Hardcover)
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A beautifully illustrated account of life behind the walls of a
Florentine Renaissance home Although we live in an era when vast
sums of money are lavished on wedding festivities, we are not
unique: in Renaissance Italy, middle- and upper-class families
spent enormous amounts on marriages that were intended to establish
or consolidate the status and lineage of one or both of the
respective families. This lavishly illustrated book explores the
social and economic background to marriage in Renaissance Florence
and discusses the objects-paintings, sculptures, furniture,
jewelry, clothing, and household items-associated with marriage and
ongoing family life. By analyzing urban palaces and their
furnishings, Jacqueline Marie Musacchio shows how families
interacted with art on a daily basis. This began at marriage, when
the bride brought a dowry and the groom provided the home and its
furnishings. It continued with the accumulation of objects during
the marriage and the birth of children. And it ended with the
redistribution of these same objects at death. Through the
examination of art, documents, literature, and more, this lively
book traces the life cycle of the Florentine Renaissance family
through the art and objects that surrounded them in their home.
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