TY - GEN AU - Jurkowlaniec,Grażyna AU - Matyjaszkiewicz,Ika AU - Sarnecka,Zuzanna AU - Jurkowlaniec,Grażyna AU - Matyjaszkiewicz,Ika AU - Sarnecka,Zuzanna TI - The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art : Materials, Power and Manipulation SN - 9780367359720 PY - 2017/// PB - Taylor & Francis KW - History of art / art & design styles KW - bicssc KW - Anthropology KW - Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography KW - European history KW - medieval KW - early modern KW - objects KW - things KW - agency KW - art history KW - material culture KW - Europe KW - Italy KW - Netherlands KW - visual culture N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41213/1/9781138054226_text.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28847 ER -