“Servicing The Casa”

"At Home in Renaissance Italy" draws together an impressive range of ideas and objects -- from sumptuous paintings and textiles to kitchen utensils, popular prints, jewelry, and everyday dress -- to reveal how the homes of the upper- and middle-classes made a crucial contribution to the flowering of the visual arts in 15th- and 16th-century Italy. Drawing on a wide array of sources, including contemporary letters, inventories, and archaeological surveys, it offers a completely fresh and in-depth exploration of the fascinating domestic world of Renaissance Italy. This fascinating, innovative book is sure to become a key reference and visual resource for students of art and design, history and archaeology, and anyone with an interest in the everyday life and material culture of the Italian Renaissance.