FAH274H5 Lecture 6: At Home in the Renaissance
Document Summary
Sala: main room in the house, gathering and eatings, did not have a xed dinning space. No sense of place for each person. Furniture has a lot of linens and cloth. Gifts from the groom to the betrothed. Patters at the top of the box. Lined with plasters and scenes from antiquity. The painting is a portrait of women and man. Venice was a site for glass production. The transfer of the bride and her trousseau. From the bride"s home to the new home. All about the family identity with antique subject matter. Not markers of material wealth but their status. Clothing, silver wear, chopine (early platform shoes) ring and drank from the same cup cassone/chest. Shows the meeting of queen shaba with soleman. Had story about love on it or tale. Orange robe speaks a marriage within the family. Italian buyers bought large sets and had them customized. Different qualities produced in the rst half of century.
