Table of Contents

1. The legacy of Vasari; 2. Through fifteenth-century eyes: the Burgundian dukes on the international arena; 3. Perceiving value: the hierarchy of the arts and their uses; 4. The politics of desire: Burgundian arts across Europe; 5. Economics of consumption: art for the masses.

Promotional Information

This study re-establishes the importance of the Burgundian court as a center of art production and patronage in early modern Europe.

About the Author

Marina Belozerskaya is a scholar of early modern European art. She is the author, most recently, of To Wake the Dead: A Renaissance Merchant and the Birth of Archaeology (2009) and The Medici Giraffe and Other Tales of Exotic Animals and Power (2006).

Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'This book is both original and thought-provoking in its approach to one of the most popular periods in European history.' Burlington Magazine