Myths and Gendered Spectatorship in Sixteenth-Century Italian Carved Cassoni
Series: Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 30 November 2026
- ISBN 9789048567997
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages188 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 44 Illustrations, black & white; 18 Illustrations, color; 44 Halftones, black & white; 18 Halftones, color 700
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Short description:
Carved cassoni, marriage chests finely adorned with mythological reliefs, stood at the heart of elite domestic life in sixteenth-century Italy. This book offers the first comprehensive study of sixteenth-century?cassoni and their imagery, restoring them to the center of early modern visual culture.
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Carved cassoni, marriage chests finely adorned with mythological reliefs, stood at the heart of elite domestic life in sixteenth-century Italy. This book offers the first comprehensive study of sixteenth-century?cassoni and their imagery, restoring them to the center of early modern visual culture.
Placed prominently in the nuptial chamber, Cinquecento carved cassoni stored dowries, proclaimed family prestige, and surrounded newlyweds with vivid scenes from classical mythology. Stories of Niobe?s tragic loss, Marsyas? fatal challenge, Venus? ambivalent nature, and Apollo?s heroic and cautionary roles unfolded across their panels, blending beauty with moral instruction. Drawing on Ovid, mythographies, and domestic treatises, this volume reveals how these chests functioned as gendered didactic tools, shaping ideals of virtue, fertility, and social conduct. It also uncovers an early form of mass production in the elite art market as it traces their evolution from bespoke commissions to stock-designed luxury goods, illuminating the intimate intersection of classical learning, consumer culture, and marital life in early modern Italy.
This book will appeal to a broad audience of scholars, students, researchers, museum professionals and general readers interested in the Renaissance, early modern Italy, art history, gender studies, visual and media studies, and the art of storytelling through objects.?
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Myth, Marriage, and Artistry: Introduction to the World of Cinquecento Cassoni? 1. Pride and Punishment: Niobe and Marsyas as Exemplars of Warning? 2. The Reclining Venus: A Warning against Lust or a Nuptial Allegory?? 3. Divine Passions: Abduction, Rape, and the Love of the Gods? 4. Revolving Around Apollo: Spheres, Seductions, and Slaying Monsters.? Carving Culture: Concluding Remarks on Cinquecento Cassoni
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