A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural movement, a time of re-awakening when classical knowledge was rediscovered, leading to an efflorescence in philosophy, art, and literature. The period fostered an emerging sense of individualism across European cultures. This sense was expressed through a fascination with materiality and the natural world, and a growing attachment to things.

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.

James Symonds is Professor at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Objects set.
General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte

Table of Contents

VOLUME 3: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE RENAISSANCE
Edited by James Symonds, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1. Objecthood, Visa Immonen
2. Technology, Surekha Davies
3. Economic Objects, Martha C. Howell
4. Everyday Objects, Peter Stallybrass
5. Art, Jill Burke
6. Architecture, Michael J. Waters
7. Bodily Objects, Susan Gaylard
8. Object Worlds, Andrew Morrall

Product details

Published 31 Aug 2022
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 296
ISBN 9781474298735
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

James Symonds

JAMES SYMONDS is Professor of Historical Archaeolo…

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