The Art of Consumption: Innovations in Renaissance Decorative Arts from the Martin D'Arcy and Larry A. and Lynn Janes Schmidt Collections


July 11, 2009 - February 21, 2010

Across Europe, the Renaissance was a time of economic growth and conspicuous material consumption engendering new forms in the decorative arts, illustrated here by loans from a private collection.

Image: Box with Drinkers, late 18th or 19th century, French (Limoges), enamel on copper, on loan from the Larry A. and Lynn Janes Schmidt Collection

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