The Art of the Poor: The Aesthetic Material Culture of the Lower Classes in Europe 1300-1600

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Title Page Copyright Page Contents Illustrations Maps Figures Tables Contributors Preface Introduction: Did the poor have art? Chapter 1: Material culture without objects: Artisan artistic commissions in early Renaissance Italy Chapter 2: Poverty in the paintings of Jacopo Bassano: The crisis poor and the structural poor Chapter 3: The ‘slipshod’ nature of Carpaccio’s St Tryphon Tames the Basilisk: A painting for a poor confraternity Chapter 4: ‘. . . κέ παντός του λαου τοῡ χορίου τ(ης) Μάζας…’: Communal patronage of church decoration in rural Venetian Crete Chapter 5: Next to Chur we are still poor: Art and the relationality of poverty in the Rhaetian Alps Chapter 6: Miracles in the margins: The miraculous image of Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato Chapter 7: The art of popular piety: Pilgrim souvenirs from the Museum of London collection Chapter 8: Artisans and dress in Denmark, 1550–1650: A preliminary exploration Chapter 9: The art of artisan fashions: Moroni’s tailor and the changing culture of clothing in sixteenth-century Italy Chapter 10: Identifying popular musical practice: Instruments and performance in the iconography and archaeology of the medieval and Renaissance period in Europe Chapter 11: An art for everyman: The aspirations of the medieval potter Chapter 12: Italian tin-glazed ceramics: Silverware for poor people? Chapter 13: Ordinary objects for priceless lighting: Copper-alloy candlesticks in medieval and early modern England Chapter 14: Burning issues: Political iconography on Dutch firebacks Chapter 15: Visual pedagogy: The use of woodcuts in early modern Lutheran and Catholic catechisms Chapter 16: Shakespeare’s picture of ‘We Three’: An image for illiterates? Notes Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Bibliography Index