The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art

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The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art is written by Grażyna Jurkowlaniec and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1351681494 (ISBN 10) and 9781351681490 (ISBN 13).

This volume explores the late medieval and early modern periods from the perspective of objects. While the agency of things has been studied in anthropology and archaeology, it is an innovative approach for art historical investigations. Each contributor takes as a point of departure active things: objects that were collected, exchanged, held in hand, carried on a body, assembled, cared for or pawned. Through a series of case studies set in various geographic locations, this volume examines a rich variety of systems throughout Europe and beyond. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315401867, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license