Worldly Consumers

Worldly Consumers
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9780226255316
ISBN-13 : 022625531X
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Book Synopsis Worldly Consumers by : Genevieve Carlton

Download or read book Worldly Consumers written by Genevieve Carlton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how inexpensive maps, produced for the masses, accrued cultural value for everyday consumers in Renaissance Italy, who wanted to own and display maps in their homes as works of artnot for practical use, but for their cultural capital as commodities. Genevieve Carlton considers how and why maps took on this new identity, as coveted and revered material objects and symbols of status and power, which in turn elevated or reinforced the public personae of their owners. She reconstructs the market for maps by examining household inventories as well as the ways in which maps were displayed in the interiors of Renaissance homes. Her survey shows that consumers from every level of society owned and displayed maps and used them for personal gain, to reinforce a particular identity."


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