Cassoni and the Decameron

Master of Carlo di Durazzo, Saladino and Torello

Master of Carlo di Durazzo, cassone with panel paintings depicting the story of Saladino and Torello, Museé d'Art et d'Histoire, Nice

Introduction and Glossary of terms
What are cassoni?
Cassoni in the Renaissance household
Visualizing the Text: The Decameron as a source for Italian secular painting
Illustrations of Nastagio degli Onesti V.8
Illustrations of Griselda X.10
Photographs of other cassoni
Scholarship about cassoni
Bibliographies on Cassoni and Visualizing the Decameron

Cassoni as Narrative Elements in other stories

A Cassone in II.9: Zinevra di Genova and Ambrogiuolo da Piacenza
A Cassone in VIII.8: Zeppa di Mino, Spinelloccio Tavena and their wives
A Cassone in X.9: Saladino and Torello

(C. C.)

Some examples of Cassoni painting are currently visible online as part of the exhibit, Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, November 18, 2008–February 16, 2009, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY.

 

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