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Re-thinking Renaissance objects

Title
Re-thinking Renaissance objects [electronic resource] / edited by Peta Motture and Michelle O'Malley.
ISBN
9781444337754 (pbk.)
9781444396775 (Wiley online library)
9781444396768 (ePub)
9781444396751 (e-book)
Published
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Physical Description
x, 222 p. : ill. (some col.).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Re-thinking Renaissance objects considers key issues at the heart of current scholarly debate on Renaissance art and culture. Inspired by research that has developed from the redisplay of the outstanding Medieval and Renaissance collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the authors use the objects themselves as their starting point in their papers. The book explores and often challenges assumptions about the interconnection between sacred and secular belief, the problems inherent in making distinctions between 'artists' and 'artisans', and the various ways in which ideas were exchanged across media and cultural boundaries. This object-based approach has often helped revolutionize our thinking not only about individual pieces but also about the culture for which these works were created. The volume brings together V&A curators with other experts. The result is an impressive range of contributions which build on a wealth of existing scholarship in order to cast new light on the appearance, meaning, style and function of a collection of Renaissance artistic works"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Re-thinking Renaissance objects : design, function and meaning
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 16, 2013
Series
Renaissance studies special issues ; 5.
Renaissance studies special issues ; 5
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Peta Motture and Michelle O'Malley
Finding fame : painting and the making of careers in Renaissance Italy / Michelle O'Malley
Set in stone : monumental altar frames in Renaissance Florence / Meghan Callahan and Donal Cooper
Veit Stoss and the origins of collecting of small-scale sculpture before 1500 / Norbert Jopek
New light on a Venetian lantern at the V&A / Nick Humphrey and Martino Ferrari Bravo
Rethinking the Petrucci Pavement / Elizabeth Miller and Alun Graves
Dancing, love, and the 'beautiful game' : a new interpretation of a group of fifteenth-century 'gaming' boxes / Paula Nuttall
Sharing and status : the design and function of a sixteenth-century Spanish spice stand in the Victoria and Albert Museum / Kirstin Kennedy
Scattered knives and dismembered song : cutlery, music and the rituals of dining / Flora Dennis.
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