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ISBN-10: 0754656470
ISBN-13: 9780754656470
Edition: 2009
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By bringing together two fields of inquiry that have so far been seen as distinct-the study of institutions and that of the house and domesticity-this collection expands and problematises the notion of 'domestic interior'.Through specific case studies, contributors reassess the related concepts of private and public, communal and individual, religious and secular. The contributions consider how rituals, interior decorations, furnishings and images were transferred from the domestic to the institutional interior and vice versa, but also the creative ways in which institutions were domesticised. They explore the individual and family strategies that contributed to shaping the institutional… space and its furnishings and the tension between these logics. Finally, they examine how the domestic dimension of institutional life reflected gender and class divisions.The interest and novelty of this collection resides in both its subject matter and its interdisciplinary approach: the theme is addressed from the perspective of art history, architectural history, and social, gender and cultural history. Moreover, its Europe-wide scope provides a comparative perspective, which is developed in particular by the introduction: chapters deal with a range of countries-Italy, Britain, the Netherlands, Flanders and Portugal-and with both Protestant and Catholic cases. The range and originality of the sources used by contributors: some of them (for example graffiti on walls, lottery tickets, or garland pictures) rarely before considered by historians.A variety of lay and religious institutions are considered: hospitals, asylums and orphanages, convents, colleges, public palaces of the ducal and papal court. As well as adding a new perspective on the study of early modern institutions, this volume also provides new insights into the domestic experience of men and women (cardinals, university students, nuns, servants, orphans) who lived in non-family arrangements, and examines the rich variety of living interiors in early modern Europe.