A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement of people, ideas and goods. The objects explored in this volume –from scientific instrumentation and Baroque paintings to slave ships and shackles –encapsulate the contradictory impulses of the age. The entwined forces of capitalism and colonialism created new patterns of consumption, facilitated by innovations in maritime transport, new forms of exchange relations, and the exploitation of non-Western peoples and lands. The world of objects in the Enlightenment reveal a Western material culture profoundly shaped by global encounters.

The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds.

Audrey Horning is Professor at William & Mary, USA, and at Queen's University Belfast, UK.
Volume 4 in the Cultural History of Objects set.
General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte

Table of Contents

VOLUME 4: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Edited by Audrey Horning, College of William and Mary, USA

1. Objecthood, Mary Beaudry
2. Technology, Colin Rynne
3. Economic Objects, Christina Hodge
4. Everyday Objects, Beverly Straube
5. Art, Katy Barrett
6. Architecture, Adrian Green
7. Bodily Objects, Diana Loren
8. Object Worlds, Jonas Nordin

Product details

Published 31 Aug 2022
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781474298780
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 47 b/w
Dimensions 244 x 169 mm
Series The Cultural Histories Series
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Audrey Horning

Audrey Horning is Forrest D. Murden Professor of A…

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