The Arts of Collecting: Padre Sebastiano Resta and the Market for Drawings in Early Modern Europe examines the collecting of art works through an anthropological examination of modes of exchange and the social roles of material culture. Warwick illuminates a crucial chapter in the history of collecting, that of the migration of art objects out of Italy to northern Europe in the eighteenth century. Her study pins the history of collecting to broader European economic changes and analyzes the epistemological frameworks for viewing that accompanied this transfer of artistic wealth.
The Arts of Collecting: Padre Sebastiano Resta and the Market for Drawings in Early Modern Europe examines the collecting of art works through an anth...
In 12 essays by a distinguished group of art historians, Art and Technology in Early Modern Europe explores the relationship between artistic and technological advances from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution.
Provides a broad definition of technology for this period and addresses the influence of technological shifts on the history of early modern art
Covers c.1420-1820, the time period between the advent of the printed image and that of the photographically produced image
Discusses a wide range of early modern artists' tools, instruments,...
In 12 essays by a distinguished group of art historians, Art and Technology in Early Modern Europe explores the relationship between artisti...