Books in Carmichael Library
At Home in Renaissance Italy by Call Number: NK2052.A1 A82 2006ISBN: 1851774890Publication Date: 2010Now available in paperback, this beautifully illustrated book is the first to look comprehensively at the role of the urban Italian house in the development of Renaissance art and culture. At Home in Renaissance Italy brings together a wide range of objects, from furniture and kitchen utensils to popular prints, jewellery and everyday dress, revealing how the homes of the upper- and middle-classes made a crucial contribution to the flowering of the visual arts in fifteenth and sixteenth-century Italy.
Paris: an architectural history by Call Number: NA1050 .S87ISBN: 0300054459Publication Date: 1993Paris's reputation as one of the most beautiful capital cities in the world is long-standing, and owes much of its impact to the harmonious architecture. In this illustrated book, the author examines the origins and development of Paris and attempts to identify exactly how that architectural harmony has been achieved. The emphasis of the book is on street architecture, but Sutcliffe also discusses major buildings in relationship to their influence on the city as a whole.
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780198601753Publication Date: 2003Beginning in the early 14th century and continuing into the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance was a period of intense intellectual and cultural activity, the fruits of which have had a profound impact on the thought, culture, philosophy, painting and sculpture, and writing of Europe and the wider world ever since. Gordon Campbell, with the help of his team of distinguished consultant and advisory editors, has created a unique new A-Z reference surveying all aspects of the Renaissance in Europe.
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Timelines and Museums
- Florence and Central Italy, 1400- 1600 AD. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- France, 1400-1600 AD. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Great Britain and Ireland, 1400 -1600. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- The Frick Collection. Furniture
- Horne Museum. Florence, Italy
The vast majority of furniture pieces contains fine examples of Italian ceramics ranging from the 14th to the 17th centuries, produced in the manufacturies of Orvieto, Cafaggiolo and Urbino.
Sample Search terms for Discovery and WorldCat library catalogs
- Art Renaissance
- Art Renaissance Italy
- Art Renaissance France
- Art Renaissance England
- Architecture Renaissance
- Architecture domestic history
