Cassoni is the Italian word for the chests, painted with scenes from myth and literature, central to upper-class weddings of the 15th century. Little known today, cassoni deserve recognition as masterworks of the Renaissance. Botticelli, Pesellino, and other superlative artists painted them. And they are precious early examples of the mythopoetic subjects that would form the core of European art until the 20th century. The essays in this book shed new light on the meaning of cassoni through informative discussions of ...
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Cassoni is the Italian word for the chests, painted with scenes from myth and literature, central to upper-class weddings of the 15th century. Little known today, cassoni deserve recognition as masterworks of the Renaissance. Botticelli, Pesellino, and other superlative artists painted them. And they are precious early examples of the mythopoetic subjects that would form the core of European art until the 20th century. The essays in this book shed new light on the meaning of cassoni through informative discussions of Renaissance wedding rituals, male-female relations, and daily domestic life. A catalogue section on cassoni in the exhibition that this book accompanies provides a unique guide to the stories of love, marriage, and politics depicted on these sumptuous objects.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Gilt stamped brown cloth boards in dust jacket, oblong quarto [11.25" x 8.75"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ has gentle rubbing. Exhibition catalog.
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New. Size: 11x1x8; *NEW* oversize hardcover in DJ, sealed in plastic. Fresh from a distributor with no price tags and no remainder marks. Priority and international shipping NOT available on this item.
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Fine in Very good+ jacket. First edition, 2008, hardcover with brown cloth boards in dust jacket, oblong quarto, 182pp., illustrated in color. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with mild rubbing and edgewear, small dimple to front panel.
