Shopping in the Renaissance by Evelyn S Welch
Shopping was an important in the Renaissance. This book investigates how men and women of different social classes went to the streets, squares, and shops to buy goods they needed and wanted on a daily - or a once-in-a-lifetime - basis, during the Renaissance period.
"'To reconstruct the activity of shopping in the Renaissance, Welch deploys an extraordinarily wide range of material.. Her valuable book offers the reader an acute insight into the origins of our present-day consumer culture.' RA Magazine 'outstanding... written with such a pace that you're hooked before you have a chance to feel scared by the scholarship.' Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian 'An innovative work of social history... Renaissance Italy's fragmented nature, and the fact that much modern scholarship remains parochial and focused on individual centres, makes the breadth of this study one of its most original features... An original and handsome volume.' Fabrizio Nevola, The Burlington Magazine 'Welch's painstaking analysis of often quite disparate archival and visual evidence is quite masterful... An engaging, illuminating, and wide-ranging book... A visual feast.' Catherine Kovesi, Renaissance Quarterly"
Evelyn Welch is professor of Renaissance studies, Queen Mary, University of London, and was formerly reader in the history of art, University of Sussex. She is the author of Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan, published by Yale University Press, and of Art in Renaissance Italy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300159851 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300159854 |
| Title | Shopping in the Renaissance |
| Author | Evelyn S Welch |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2009-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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