A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance (The Cultural Histories Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1474298737 ISBN 13: 9781474298735

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

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

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About the Authors

JAMES SYMONDS is Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam. His edited and co-authored books include: The Historical Archaeology of the Sheffield Tableware and Cutlery Industries (BAR, 2002); South Uist: Archaeology & History (Tempus, 2004); Industrial Archaeology: Future Directions (Springer, 2005); Interpreting the Early Modern World: Transatlantic Perspectives (Springer, 2010); Table Settings: The Material Culture and Social Context of Dining, AD 1700-1900 (Oxbow, 2011); Historical Archaeologies of Cognition: Historical Archaeologies of Faith, Hope, and Charity (Equinox, 2013).

Dan Hicks is Associate Professor of Archaeology and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford, UK. He has published five books including The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies (2010) and The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology (2006).

William Whyte is Professor of Social and Architectural History, University of Oxford, UK. His most recent book is Unlocking the Church: The Lost Secrets of Victorian Sacred Space (2018).

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474298737
• ISBN 13: 9781474298735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Symonds James