A Cultural History of Objects
Published on 2. May 2024
Book
978-1-350-46364-6 (ISBN)
Description
How have 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. This set brings together over 50 scholars, in 1776 pages, to examine how the world of human subjects shapes and is shaped by the world of material objects.
Chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The themes (and chapter titles) are: Objecthood; Technology; Economic Objects; Everyday Objects; Art; Architecture; Bodily Objects; Object Worlds.
The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (500 BCE to 500 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (500 to 1400); 3 - Renaissance (1400 to 1600); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1600 to 1760); 5 - Age of Industry (1760 to 1900); 6 - Modern Age (1900 to the present).
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Objects is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
Chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The themes (and chapter titles) are: Objecthood; Technology; Economic Objects; Everyday Objects; Art; Architecture; Bodily Objects; Object Worlds.
The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (500 BCE to 500 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (500 to 1400); 3 - Renaissance (1400 to 1600); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1600 to 1760); 5 - Age of Industry (1760 to 1900); 6 - Modern Age (1900 to the present).
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Objects is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
269 b/w illus
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 80 mm
Weight
3220 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-46364-6 (9781350463646)
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Persons
Dan Hicks is Associate Professor of Archaeology and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford, UK. He has published five books including World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum (2013), The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies (2010), and The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology (2006). Dan serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Historical Archaeology and the Journal of Contemporary Archaeology.
William Whyte is Professor of Social and Architectural History and a Fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is the editor or co-editor of eight books and the author of Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status, and Style (2006) and Redbrick: A Social and Architectural History of Britain's Civic Universities (2015). His current book project is The University: A Material History.
William Whyte is Professor of Social and Architectural History and a Fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is the editor or co-editor of eight books and the author of Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status, and Style (2006) and Redbrick: A Social and Architectural History of Britain's Civic Universities (2015). His current book project is The University: A Material History.
Content
VOLUME 1: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN ANTIQUITY
Edited by Robin Osborne, University of Cambridge, UK
1. Objecthood, Robin Osborne
2. Technology, Courtney Ann Roby
3. Economic Objects, Jennifer Gates
4. Everyday Objects, Lin Foxhall
5. Art, Miguel John Versluys
6. Architecture, Rabun Taylor
7. Bodily Objects, Caroline Vout
8. Object Worlds, Ann Kuttner
VOLUME 2: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE
Edited by Julie Lund, University of Oslo, Norway, and Sarah Semple, University of Durham, UK
1. Objecthood, Robin Fleming and Katherine L. French
2. Technology, Steve Ashby
3. Economic Objects, Dries Tys and Pieterjan Deckers
4. Everyday Objects: Making and Shaping Medieval Worlds, Toby F. Martin
5. Art, Hans Henrik Lohfert Jorgensen
6. Architecture, Sam Turner
7. Bodily Objects, Bonnie Effros
8. Object Worlds, Ben Jervis and Sarah Semple
VOLUME 3: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE RENAISSANCE
Edited by James Symonds, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1. Objecthood, Visa Immonen
2. Technology, Surekha Davies
3. Economic Objects, Martha C. Howell
4. Everyday Objects, Peter Stallybrass
5. Art, Jill Burke
6. Architecture, Michael J. Waters
7. Bodily Objects, Susan Gaylard
8. Object Worlds, Andrew Morrall
VOLUME 4: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Edited by Audrey Horning, College of William and Mary, USA
1. Objecthood, Mary Beaudry
2. Technology, Colin Rynne
3. Economic Objects, Christina Hodge
4. Everyday Objects, Beverly Straube
5. Art, Katy Barrett
6. Architecture, Adrian Green
7. Bodily Objects, Diana Loren
8. Object Worlds, Jonas Nordin
VOLUME 5: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRY
Edited by Carolyn White, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
1. Objecthood, Lu Ann De Cunzo
2. Technology, Tim Scarlett & Steven A. Walton
3. Economic Objects, Cassie Newland
4. Everyday Objects, Dan Hicks
5. Art, Maggie Cao
6. Architecture, William Whyte
7. Bodily Objects, Diana DiPaolo Loren
8. Object Worlds, Barbara Heath
VOLUME 6: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE MODERN AGE
Edited by Laurie Wilkie, University of California, Berkeley, USA, & John Chenoweth, University of Michigan, USA
1. Objecthood, Chris Whitmore
2. Technology, Steven A. Walton & Tim Scarlett
3. Economic Objects, Paul Graves-Brown
4. Everyday Objects, Stacy L Camp
5. Art, Suzanne Kuechler & Timothy Carroll
6. Architecture, Paul Mullins
7. Bodily Objects, Laurie A. Wilkie, Katrina C. L. Eichner, Kelly Fong, David H. Hyde, Alyssa Scott, and Annelise Morris
8. Object Worlds, Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal
Edited by Robin Osborne, University of Cambridge, UK
1. Objecthood, Robin Osborne
2. Technology, Courtney Ann Roby
3. Economic Objects, Jennifer Gates
4. Everyday Objects, Lin Foxhall
5. Art, Miguel John Versluys
6. Architecture, Rabun Taylor
7. Bodily Objects, Caroline Vout
8. Object Worlds, Ann Kuttner
VOLUME 2: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE
Edited by Julie Lund, University of Oslo, Norway, and Sarah Semple, University of Durham, UK
1. Objecthood, Robin Fleming and Katherine L. French
2. Technology, Steve Ashby
3. Economic Objects, Dries Tys and Pieterjan Deckers
4. Everyday Objects: Making and Shaping Medieval Worlds, Toby F. Martin
5. Art, Hans Henrik Lohfert Jorgensen
6. Architecture, Sam Turner
7. Bodily Objects, Bonnie Effros
8. Object Worlds, Ben Jervis and Sarah Semple
VOLUME 3: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE RENAISSANCE
Edited by James Symonds, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1. Objecthood, Visa Immonen
2. Technology, Surekha Davies
3. Economic Objects, Martha C. Howell
4. Everyday Objects, Peter Stallybrass
5. Art, Jill Burke
6. Architecture, Michael J. Waters
7. Bodily Objects, Susan Gaylard
8. Object Worlds, Andrew Morrall
VOLUME 4: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Edited by Audrey Horning, College of William and Mary, USA
1. Objecthood, Mary Beaudry
2. Technology, Colin Rynne
3. Economic Objects, Christina Hodge
4. Everyday Objects, Beverly Straube
5. Art, Katy Barrett
6. Architecture, Adrian Green
7. Bodily Objects, Diana Loren
8. Object Worlds, Jonas Nordin
VOLUME 5: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRY
Edited by Carolyn White, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
1. Objecthood, Lu Ann De Cunzo
2. Technology, Tim Scarlett & Steven A. Walton
3. Economic Objects, Cassie Newland
4. Everyday Objects, Dan Hicks
5. Art, Maggie Cao
6. Architecture, William Whyte
7. Bodily Objects, Diana DiPaolo Loren
8. Object Worlds, Barbara Heath
VOLUME 6: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN THE MODERN AGE
Edited by Laurie Wilkie, University of California, Berkeley, USA, & John Chenoweth, University of Michigan, USA
1. Objecthood, Chris Whitmore
2. Technology, Steven A. Walton & Tim Scarlett
3. Economic Objects, Paul Graves-Brown
4. Everyday Objects, Stacy L Camp
5. Art, Suzanne Kuechler & Timothy Carroll
6. Architecture, Paul Mullins
7. Bodily Objects, Laurie A. Wilkie, Katrina C. L. Eichner, Kelly Fong, David H. Hyde, Alyssa Scott, and Annelise Morris
8. Object Worlds, Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal