The Italian Renaissance interior, 1400-1600
Language: English
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1991
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Jordan Fine Arts, Rapperswil-Jona, SG, SwitzerlandJordan Fine Arts
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Peter Thornton’s The Italian Renaissance Interior, 1400-1600 (1991) offers a richly visual and scholarly survey of how interior space was conceived, ornamented, and inhabited in Italy from the Quattrocento through the High Renaissance. Covering everything from ceilings, walls, floors, and fireplaces to furniture, lighting, domestic plumbing, and decorative objects, Thornton examines how patrons, architects, and artisans collaborated to shape interiors that were both functional and symbolic. He places interiors in their social context—considering patronage, maintenance, costs, and the influence of women in domestic spaces—and presents hundreds of period illustrations and color plates to reveal how Renaissance Italians turned living itself into an art.
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- Title
- The Italian Renaissance interior, 1400-1600
- Author
- Thornton, Peter
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0297830066
- ISBN 13
- 9780297830061
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 2,433 grams
- Seller catalogs
- History of Collecting, Renaissance Interiors, Renaissance material culture
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Jordan Fine Arts
Rapperswil-Jona, SG, Switzerland
AbeBooks seller since September 15, 2025
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