Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance by Lisa Jardine

Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance

Lisa Jardine

470 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction art history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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Examines the material culture of the Renaissance in all its locations. Shows how a determination to show magnificence on the part of the wealthy easily became crude competitiveness as they vied with one another to acquire rare and exotic moveable ...

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