Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence: The Courtauld Wedding Chests

by Caroline Campbell (Author)

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  2009

  $6.42

  Accompanying an exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, this catalogue explores one of the most important and historically neglected art forms of Renaissance Florence: cassoni - pairs of chests that were lavishly decorated with precious metals and elaborate paintings and were often the most expensive of a whole suite of decorative objects commissioned to celebrate marriage alliances between powerful families.