Re-thinking Renaissance Objects

Download or read book Re-thinking Renaissance Objects written by Peta Motture and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by research undertaken for the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Re-thinking Renaissance Objects explores and often challenges some of the key issues and current debates relating to Renaissance art and culture. Puts forward original research, including evidence provided by an in-depth study arising from the Medieval & Renaissance Gallery project Contributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of the objects themselves New theories emerge from several papers, some of which challenge current thinking