Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy (Paperback)

Concentrating largely on the 'middle ranks' of society in Renaissance Italy - artisans, merchants, and professionals such as bankers and lawyers - this book focuses on new social subjects, new documents and unusual objects. Using innovative methods of inquiry and interdisciplinary analytical tools, contributors explore a little-known but pervasive erotic culture in which sexually explicit artefacts, games and gestures were considered essential to a number of rituals and social occasions. At the same time, they demonstrate how a burgeoning market for erotica, along with a cultural tradition of allusion and innuendo, played an increasingly important role in the Italian peninsula between the fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. This volume fills some pervasive lacunae in both Renaissance studies and the history of sexuality through a series of critical engagements with material culture and social custom. It reflects recent scholarly interest in interdisciplinary areas such as the material Renaissance, visual communications, urban sociability in the domestic context, and court records regarding marital disputes.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Visual Culture in Early Modernity
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2010
Editors:	Sara F.Matthews Grieco
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	330
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-26557-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-26557-8
Barcode:	9781138265578

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