The art of the poor [electronic resource] : the aesthetic material culture of the lower classes in Europe, 1300-1600 / edited by Rembrandt Duits.

"The history of art in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance has generally been written as a story of elites: bankers, noblemen, kings, cardinals, and popes and their artistic interests and commissions. Recent decades have seen attempts to recast the story in terms of material culture, but the fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Duits, Rembrandt (Editor)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Subjects:
Arts and the poor > Europe > History > To 1500.
Arts and the poor > Europe > History > 16th century.
Material culture > Europe > History > To 1500.
Material culture > Europe > History > 16th century.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Art of the Poor: The Aesthetic Material Culture of the Lower Classes in Europe 1300-1600
Format: Electronic eBook
Partial Contents:
  • Material culture without objects : artisan artistic commissions in early Renaissance Italy / Samuel Cohn (University of Glasgow, UK)
  • The art of popular piety : pilgrim souvenirs from the Museum of London collection / Meriel Jeater (Museum of London, UK)
  • Shakespeare's picture of 'We three' : an image for illiterates? / M.A. Katritzky (The Open University, UK)