K.W.Woods, C.M.Richardson and A.Lymberopoulou

Viewing Renaissance Art, edited by K.W.Woods, C.M.Richardson and A.Lymberopoulou

This volume deals with the consumption of Renaissance works of art. This volume focuses on the values, priorities and motives of patrons and the purposes and functions of artworks. The seven essays consider very different kinds of patrons and consumers: from individuals to secular and religious institutions. The essays also consider a variety of themes such as conspicuous consumption and self-fashioning. Studies of a wide range of social patronage are included, together with chapters specifically on manuscript production; French art; the market for Cretan icons; art associated with the rituals and beliefs connected with death; and Holbein and the Reformation.

Chapter titles

1. Art, class and wealth (Rembrandt Duits)
2. Florentine art and the public good (Jill Burke)
3. Renaissance biblomania (Alixe Bovey)
4. Monarchy and prestige in France (Thomas Tolley)
5. Audiences for Cretan icons (Angeliki Lymberopoulou)
6. Art and Death (Carol Richardson)
7. Holbein and the reform of images (Kim Woods)

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