More than mere playthings : the minor arts of Italy /
More than mere playthings : the minor arts of Italy /
edited by Julia C. Fischer.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter One. Introduction / Julia C. Fischer ; Chapter Two. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Reflections on Etruscan Bronze Mirrors / Bridget Sandhoff ; Chapter Three. A Womans Weapon: Private Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire / Julia C. Fischer ; Chapter Four. Holy Plunder and Stolen Treasures: Portable Luxury Objects as War Trophies in the Italian Maritime Republics, 1100-1400 / Karen Mathews ; Chapter Five. Early Renaissance Reliquaries: Shaping Renaissance Art through Private Devotion / Sarah M. Dillon ; Chapter Six. Minor Arts/Major Crises in Mid-20th Century Italian Ceramics / Adrian R. Duran ; Chapter Seven. Ever-Present: Italian Figurines / Melissa Hempel.
This book is inspired by the 2015 Italian Art Society-sponsored conference sessions of the American Association of Italian Studies. Its seven chapters span the art of ancient Etruria to twentieth century Italy, and explore a variety of media, including mirrors, cameos, treasury objects, reliquaries, ceramics, and figurines. Contributors approach the topic of the minor arts from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, including reception, use, patronage, gender issues, propaganda, and iconography. The volume thus fills the lacuna in the scholarship of the minor arts, and reveals that the minor arts are unique and worthy of study for their size, preciosity, patronage, audience, function, portability, and material. Ultimately, in revealing the importance of these objects, the book shows that the division between the major and minor arts is no longer valid, and that these objects of the minor arts hold as much significance as those of the major arts.
9781443896498 (electronic bk.) 1443896497 (electronic bk.)
9781443896498 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
GBB6G5727 bnb
018028763 Uk
Decorative arts--History.--Italy
Arts décoratifs--Histoire.--Italie
The arts.
Ceramic arts, pottery, glass.
Precious metal, precious stones & jewellery: artworks & design.
ART / Folk & Outsider Art
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Folkcrafts
Decorative arts.
Italy.
Electronic books.
History.
NK959
745.094509024
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter One. Introduction / Julia C. Fischer ; Chapter Two. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Reflections on Etruscan Bronze Mirrors / Bridget Sandhoff ; Chapter Three. A Womans Weapon: Private Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire / Julia C. Fischer ; Chapter Four. Holy Plunder and Stolen Treasures: Portable Luxury Objects as War Trophies in the Italian Maritime Republics, 1100-1400 / Karen Mathews ; Chapter Five. Early Renaissance Reliquaries: Shaping Renaissance Art through Private Devotion / Sarah M. Dillon ; Chapter Six. Minor Arts/Major Crises in Mid-20th Century Italian Ceramics / Adrian R. Duran ; Chapter Seven. Ever-Present: Italian Figurines / Melissa Hempel.
This book is inspired by the 2015 Italian Art Society-sponsored conference sessions of the American Association of Italian Studies. Its seven chapters span the art of ancient Etruria to twentieth century Italy, and explore a variety of media, including mirrors, cameos, treasury objects, reliquaries, ceramics, and figurines. Contributors approach the topic of the minor arts from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, including reception, use, patronage, gender issues, propaganda, and iconography. The volume thus fills the lacuna in the scholarship of the minor arts, and reveals that the minor arts are unique and worthy of study for their size, preciosity, patronage, audience, function, portability, and material. Ultimately, in revealing the importance of these objects, the book shows that the division between the major and minor arts is no longer valid, and that these objects of the minor arts hold as much significance as those of the major arts.
9781443896498 (electronic bk.) 1443896497 (electronic bk.)
9781443896498 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
GBB6G5727 bnb
018028763 Uk
Decorative arts--History.--Italy
Arts décoratifs--Histoire.--Italie
The arts.
Ceramic arts, pottery, glass.
Precious metal, precious stones & jewellery: artworks & design.
ART / Folk & Outsider Art
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Folkcrafts
Decorative arts.
Italy.
Electronic books.
History.
NK959
745.094509024