Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance

<p><i>A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance</i> 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. <p/> The 6 volume set of the <i>Cultural History of Objects</i> 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. <p/> <b>James Symonds</b> is Professor at the University of Amsterdam The Netherlands.<br> Volume 3 in the <i>Cultural History of Objects</i> set.<br> General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte</p>