The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250-1750 by Breward, Christopher

The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250-1750 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780719090608)

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Format: Hardcover
$140.00
$140.00
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The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250-1750 by Breward, Christopher

The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250-1750

$140.00
The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250-1750 by Breward, Christopher

The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250-1750

$140.00
Format: Hardcover
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Materials carried the meaning of early modern art. Transformed and crafted from the matter of nature, art objects were the physical embodiment of both the inherent qualities of materials and the forces of culture that used, refined and produced them. The study of materials offers a new approach to this important period in the history of art, science and culture, linking the close study of painting, sculpture and architecture to much wider categories of the everyday and the exotic. Drawing on new research and models from anthropology, material culture and the history of art, scholars in The matter of art explore topics as diverse as Inka stonework, gold in panel painting, cork platforms for shoes, and the Christian Eucharist.

Author: Christopher Breward
ISBN-10: 0719090601
ISBN-13: 9780719090608
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2014
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.70w x 1.00d
By Christopher Breward
By Christopher Breward
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Christy Anderson is Associate Professor of the History of Art at the University of Toronto

Anne Dunlop is Associate Professor of Art History at Tulane University in New Orleans

Pamela H. Smith is Seth Low Professor of History, Columbia University in the City of New York

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