ABSTRACT
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 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315401867, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |14 pages
Introduction
part I|33 pages
Material Agency
chapter 2|15 pages
Late Medieval Enclosed Gardens of the Low Countries 1
part II|39 pages
The Power of Things
chapter 3|12 pages
Knighted by the Apostle Himself
part III|38 pages
Objects as Social Agents
chapter 8|10 pages
Distributing Dürer in the Netherlands
part IV|43 pages
Agency of Physical Manipulations
chapter 10|13 pages
Diagnostic Performance and Diagrammatic Manipulation in the Physician’s Folding Almanacs
part V|26 pages
The Agency of Things and Human Agency