A Cultural History of Furniture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

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Dr Erin J. Campbell (University of Victoria, Canada) Dr Stephanie Miller (Coastal Carolina University, USA)

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Dr Erin J. Campbell (University of Victoria, Canada), Dr Stephanie Miller (Coastal Carolina University, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
18 April 2024

Furniture design; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Social & cultural history; Furniture & furnishings manufacture

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

The Middle Ages were marked by dramatic social, economic, political, and religious changes. Diverse regional and local conditions, and varied social classes - including peasant, artisan, merchant, clergy, nobility, and rulers - resulted in differing needs for furniture. The social settings for furniture included official and private residences both grand and humble, churches and monasteries, and civic institutions, including places of governance and learning, such as municipal halls, guild halls, and colleges. This volume explores how furniture contributed to the social fabric within these varied spaces.

The chronological range of this volume extends from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the early Renaissance, a period which exhibited a wide array of types, styles, and motifs, including Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance. Rural and regional styles of furniture are also considered, as well as techniques of furniture manufacture.

Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The

Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture

and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.

Edited by: Dr Erin J. Campbell (University of Victoria Canada), Dr Stephanie Miller (Coastal Carolina University, USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm,
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9781472577801
ISBN 10: 1472577809
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 18 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erin J. Campbell is Professor of Early Modern European Art, University of Victoria, Canada Stephanie R. Miller is Associate Professor of Art History, Coastal Carolina University, USA