Bazaar to piazza : Islamic trade and Italian art, 1300-1600
The Mediterranean trade in luxury goods from the East made a strong and lasting impression on Italian artistic taste and production during the early Renaissance. This work describes and illustrates the ways that imported art objects inspired improvements and variety in Italian decorative arts.
Print Book, English, 2002
University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002
257 s. : illustrations, delvis i farver
9780520221314, 0520221311
473077980
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Trade, Travel and Diplomacy 2. Patterned Silks 3. Oriental Script in Italian Paintings 4. Carpets 5. Ceramics 6. Glass 7. Bookbinding and Lacquer 8. Inlaid Brass 9. The Pictorial Arts 10. From Bazaar to Piazza and Back Notes Glossary Bibliography Picture Credits Index
Tekst på engelsk
Kulturhistorisk skildring af middelhavslandenes handel og import af islamiske varer fra Østen, med udgangspunkt i dennes påvirkning af italiensk smag for kunst og kunsthåndværk i den tidlige renæssance ; tekstiler, silke, malerkunst, manuskripter, tæpper, dekoreret keramik, glas, boghåndværk, lak, messing m.m
Glossary: s. 223-226