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A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age covers the period
1900 to today, a time marked by massive global changes in
production, transportation, and information-sharing in a
post-colonial world. New materials and inventions - from plastics
to the digital to biotechnology - have created unprecedented scales
of disruption, shifting and blurring the categories and meanings of
the object. If the 20th century demonstrated that humans can be
treated like things whilst things can become ever more human, where
will the 21st century take us? The 6 volume set of the Cultural
History of Objects examines how 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.
The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology;
economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily
objects; object worlds. Laurie A. Wilkie is Professor at the
University of California-Berkeley, USA. John M. Chenoweth, is
Associate Professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA.
Volume 6 in the Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors:
Dan Hicks and William Whyte
A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period
500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and understanding of
human-made objects and their consequences and impacts. The power
and agency of objects significantly evolved over this time.
Exploring objects and artefacts within art, technology, and
everyday life, the volume challenges our understanding of both life
worlds and object worlds in medieval society. The 6 volume set of
the Cultural History of Objects examines how 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. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood;
technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture;
bodily objects; object worlds. Julie Lund is Associate Professor at
the University of Oslo, Norway. Sarah Semple is Professor at Durham
University, UK. Volume 2 in the Cultural History of Objects set.
General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte
A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers
the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement of people,
ideas and goods. The objects explored in this volume -from
scientific instrumentation and Baroque paintings to slave ships and
shackles -encapsulate the contradictory impulses of the age. The
entwined forces of capitalism and colonialism created new patterns
of consumption, facilitated by innovations in maritime transport,
new forms of exchange relations, and the exploitation of
non-Western peoples and lands. The world of objects in the
Enlightenment reveal a Western material culture profoundly shaped
by global encounters. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of
Objects examines how 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. The themes
covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic
objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects;
object worlds. Audrey Horning is Professor at William & Mary,
USA, and at Queen's University Belfast, UK. Volume 4 in the
Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and
William Whyte
A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry covers the
period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in the material
world as objects shifted from the handmade to the machine made. The
revolution in making, and in consuming the things which were made,
impacted on lives at every scale -from body to home to workplace to
city to nation. Beyond the explosion in technology, scientific
knowledge, manufacturing, trade, and museums, changes in class
structure, politics, ideology, and morality all acted to transform
the world of objects. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of
Objects examines how 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. The themes
covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic
objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects;
object worlds. Carolyn White is Professor at the University of
Nevada, Reno, USA. Volume 5 in the Cultural History of Objects set.
General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte
A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period
1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural movement, a time of
re-awakening when classical knowledge was rediscovered, leading to
an efflorescence in philosophy, art, and literature. The period
fostered an emerging sense of individualism across European
cultures. This sense was expressed through a fascination with
materiality and the natural world, and a growing attachment to
things. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects
examines how 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. The themes covered
in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects;
everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds.
James Symonds is Professor at the University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Objects set.
General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte
A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500
BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and
buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes
to the world of things are shaped by ideas forged in classical
antiquity. We now understand that we do not merely do things to
objects, they do things to us. Reinterpreting objects in Greece and
Rome casts new light on our understanding of ourselves and turns
the ancient world upside down. The 6 volume set of the Cultural
History of Objects examines how 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.
The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology;
economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily
objects; object worlds. Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient
History at the University of Cambridge, UK. Volume 1 in the
Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and
William Whyte
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