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2005 · 94406 — Museum Publications. New. 2005. Hardcover. 0892367857 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 288 pages; 189 color and 26 b/w illustrations. Description: "Today we associate Renaissance arts with painting sculpture and architecture. Yet gem-studded goldwork and richly embellished armor; splendid tapestries embroideries and textiles; ephemeral multimedia spectacles; and other opulent creations were consistently more celebrated by contemporaries. Thus Isabella d'Este Marchesa of Mantua bequeathed to her children vases of semiprecious stones mounted in gold engraved gems ivories antique bronzes and marbles. Her favorite ladies-in-waiting by contrast received mere paintings! This distribution underscores Renaissance aesthetic preferences and cultural values: finely-wrought luxury artifacts were extolled for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components while paintings and sculptures in modest materials were considered of lesser consequence. Luxury Arts of the Renaissance endeavors to return to the mainstream materials long overlooked due to historical and ideological biases. The author traces luxury arts from their status as markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to their subsequent marginalization as extravagant trinkets unworthy of the status of art. By re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day Belozerskaya demonstrates how sumptuous creations constructed both the world and taste of Renaissance elites. Without these art forms the study of Renaissance arts is impoverished and history misrepresented. " -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum Publications hardcover