Description
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a genuinely fresh outlook on the Italian interior and will form a rich resource for scholars and students of the Renaissance.
Trade Review"In all, this is a lucid, concise, up-to-date, yet comprehensive account of intellectual debates about the existence of God. It is easy enough to be used by senior high school students, and could certainly be useful in undergraduate courses in philosophy of religion. It's not the be-all-end-all of the subject, has its thinner passages, and should not be cited as an unchallengeable authority. But again ... The God Debates is an accessible, thoughtful, cogent book. Shook has filled an important gap." (Metamagician and the Hellfire Club, 30 October 2010)
"This is a strong and unified collection of essays that offers not only numerous examples, nicely illustrated with a wide selection of images, but also dearly situates the findings in the historiographical literature." (Sixteenth Century Journal, September 2009)
Table of ContentsEditorial: 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.
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