9781781300336 - Treasured Possessions: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked, sharp corners, firm hinges and DJ in NF condition. BP/Interior Design.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. dust jacket very minor wear to edges, clean condition, price unclipped, 300pp, pages clean and fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> It the significance of best and engaging reacted to the people who once moned them. With over son works discussed, the hock takes us on a darling visual adventure through the decorative arte, from Renaissance luxuries wrought in glass, bronte and maledics on the elaborate tablewares and personal adornments available to shoppers in the Age of Enlightenment. En route the authors consider the impact of global trade on European halite and expectations the glamour of the exotic, as witnessed in the last for objects imported from the East, the dipity of New World products like chocolate and sugat and the obsession with Chinoiserie decoration, They ask what decorative objects meant to their owners before the age of industrial mass production, and explore how technological innovation and the proliferation of goods from the sixteenth century onwards transformed the attitude of Europeans to their personal possessions. The book deliberately juxtaposes luxury artefacts, such as an erotic Venetian bronze statuette, an Iznic jug with Elizabethan silver-gilt mount.