Abstract:This chapter dwells on inner spaces and focuses on the house
as the first space for the exhibition of social self-representation. It insists
on the hybridisation of the public/private dyad and the ancient habit of
“dressing up spaces” to commemorate political, social and religious events.
It traces the dawn of the first exhibition practices in these events. It thus
analyses Italian noble palaces and Dutch burghers’ dwellings. Also, it
discusses the ideas of aesthetic promenade and… Show more
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