Approaching the Italian Renaissance Interior

This collection provides a genuinely fresh outlook on the Italian interior and will form a rich resource for scholars and students of the Renaissance. Brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, combining innovative approaches, case studies, and methodological critiques Expands the discourse on the Renaissance home, ultimately challenging traditional notions of public and private, interior and exterior, ideals and reality Examines under-studied spaces of the interior, such as baths and chapels, and offers new insights into more familiar topics such as identity, status, and family memory Includes a wide range of primary sources from visual and material evidence to archival documents

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