The estimation of the value of goods belonging to the different categories of "conspicuous consumption” could be complicated by various factors, such as the heterogeneity of the pieces and their quality, or the changes in taste and style in view of models of social distinction. With reference to 15th century Lombardy, the paper considers the moment of esteem and its values (legal, economic, moral and social), and concern some significant categories of luxury goods such as jewelleries and pieces of clothing, handwritten and printed books, antique objects and artwork, to analyze some peculiarities of the estimation procedures and identify the most important changes that have occurred in time; and to establish, moreover, who were the people and expertises suitable for evaluating the different types of goods.
La stima del valore di beni appartenenti alle diverse categorie del “consumo cospicuo” poteva essere complicata da vari fattori, come l’eterogeneità dei pezzi e della loro qualità, o i cambiamenti del gusto e delle mode in vista di modelli di “distinzione” sociale. Con riferimento alla Lombardia del secondo Quattrocento, lo scritto considera il momento della stima e delle sue valenze (legale, economica, morale e sociale), e riguarda alcune categorie significative di beni di lusso come gioie e pezzi di abbigliamento, libri manoscritti e a stampa, oggetti antichi e oggetti d’arte, per analizzare alcune peculiarità delle procedure di stima e individuare i più importanti cambiamenti rilevabili nel tempo; e per stabilire, inoltre, chi fossero le persone e le expertises ritenute adatte a valutare le diverse tipologie di beni.
Consumi di pregio nel Quattrocento milanese: storicità e problemi della stima / M.N. Covini. - In: CHEIRON. - ISSN 1127-8951. - 2019:1-2(2019), pp. 87-110. [10.3280/CHE2019-001005]
Consumi di pregio nel Quattrocento milanese: storicità e problemi della stima
M.N. Covini
2019
Abstract
The estimation of the value of goods belonging to the different categories of "conspicuous consumption” could be complicated by various factors, such as the heterogeneity of the pieces and their quality, or the changes in taste and style in view of models of social distinction. With reference to 15th century Lombardy, the paper considers the moment of esteem and its values (legal, economic, moral and social), and concern some significant categories of luxury goods such as jewelleries and pieces of clothing, handwritten and printed books, antique objects and artwork, to analyze some peculiarities of the estimation procedures and identify the most important changes that have occurred in time; and to establish, moreover, who were the people and expertises suitable for evaluating the different types of goods.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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