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Material cultures of the global eighteenth century : art, mobility, and change / edited by Wendy Bellion and Kristel Smentek.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Material culture of art and design.
- Material culture of art and design
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and society.
- Material culture.
- Art and globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Things change. Broken and restored, reused and remade, objects transcend their earliest functions, locations, and appearances. While every era witnesses change, the eighteenth century experienced artistic, economic, and demographic transformations that exerted unique pressures on material cultures around the world. Locating material objects at the heart of such phenomena, Material Cultures of the Global Eighteenth Century expands beyond Eurocentric perspectives to discover the mobile, transcultural nature of eighteenth-century art worlds. From porcelain to betel leaves, Chumash hats to natural history cabinets, this book examines how objects embody imperialism, knowledge, and resistance in various ways. By embracing things both elite and everyday, this volume investigates physical and technological manipulations of objects while attending to the human agents who shaped them in an era of accelerating global contact and conquest. Featuring ten essays, the volume foregrounds diverse scholarly approaches to chart new directions for art history and cultural history. Ranging from California to China, Bengal to Britain, Material Cultures of the Global Eighteenth Century illuminates the transformations within and between artistic media, follows natural and human-made things as they migrate across territories, and reveals how objects catalyzed change in the transoceanic worlds of the early modern period"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Shooting for Freedom: Examining the Material World of Self Emancipated Persons / Tiffany Momon
- The Sovereign Betel in Eighteenth-Century Bengal and Bihar / Zirwat Chowdhury
- California Indian Basket Weavers, Spanish Imperialism, and Eighteenth-Century Global Networks / Yve Chavez.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781350259058
- 1350259055
- 9781350259041
- 1350259047
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