{"product_id":"the-biography-of-the-object-in-late-medieval-and-renaissance-italy-paperback-softback-9781405139557","title":"The Biography of the Object in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405139557","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Biography of the Object in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A lot is packed into this slim volume; big claims are made for small objects, which can only be a good thing, and with any luck it will generate further debate about the methods by which we analyse ‘pre-modern’ things.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eCatherine Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoberta J. M. Olson (Edited by), Patricia L. Reilly (Edited by), Rupert Shepherd (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405139557, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 April 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e156 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.5 x 0.9 cm, 0.254 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“All in all, this is a useful, at times thought-provoking, and never less than informative collection of essays.” (\u003ci\u003eSixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Winter 2008)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMaterial culture is not static: objects are created, used and re-used, sometimes for centuries, and their lives interact with those of the people who made and used them. The essays in this book discuss the ‘social lives’ of objects in late-medieval and renaissance Italy, ranging from maiolica, through sculpture and prostitutes’ jewellery, to miraculous painted images. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the continued life of these objects well past the deaths of their creators and patrons.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a series of original contributions by young scholars, representing a broad range of approaches.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNote from the Series Editor. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Toothpicks and Green Hangings: Nicholas Penny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Creation of the Object\u003c\/b\u003e: Patricia L. Reilly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat You See Is What You Get: Colour In Italian Renaissance \u003ci\u003eIstoriato\u003c\/i\u003e Ware: Steve Wharton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Sculpsit Cellinius Neptunam’: The Biography of the \u003ci\u003eNeptune\u003c\/i\u003e Fountain in Cellini’s \u003ci\u003eVita\u003c\/i\u003e: Victoria C. Gardner Coates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Life of the Object\u003c\/b\u003e: Rupert Shepherd.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBanquet Plate and Renaissance Culture: A Day in the Life: Valerie Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Use and Display: Selected Furnishings and Domestic Goods in Fifteenth-Century Florentine Interiors: James R. Lindow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragments from the ‘Life Histories’ of Jewellery belonging to Prostitutes inEarly-Modern Rome: Tessa Storey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The After-Life of the Object:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberta J. M. Olson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Icon of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome: An Image and its Afterlife: Kirstin Noreen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne \u003ci\u003ePontile,\u003c\/i\u003e Two \u003ci\u003ePontili\u003c\/i\u003e: The Choir Screens of Modena Cathedral: Dawn Cunningham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Afterlife of an Early Medieval Chapel: Giovanni Battista Ricci and Perceptions of the Christian Past in Post-Tridentine Rome: Ann Van Dijk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eScrittoio Della Calliope\u003c\/i\u003e in the Palazzo Vecchio: A Tuscan Museum: Andrea M. Gáldy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Art%20treatments%20\u0026amp;%20subjects%20%5BAG%5D%22\"\u003eAG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52511471501592,"sku":"9781405139557","price":18.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405139557.jpg?v=1786601965","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-biography-of-the-object-in-late-medieval-and-renaissance-italy-paperback-softback-9781405139557","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}