This work looks at how people, things, and new forms of knowledge created 'publics' in early modern Europe, and how publics changed the shape of early modern society.
This work looks at how people, things, and new forms of knowledge created 'publics' in early modern Europe, and how publics changed the shape of early...
The book looks at how people, things, and new forms of knowledge created "publics" in early modern Europe, and how publics changed the shape of early modern society. The focus is on what the authors call "making publics" -- the active creation of new forms of association that allowed people to connect with others in ways not rooted in family, rank or vocation, but rather founded in voluntary groupings built on the shared interests, tastes, commitments, and desires of individuals. By creating new forms of association, cultural producers and consumers challenged dominant ideas about just who...
The book looks at how people, things, and new forms of knowledge created "publics" in early modern Europe, and how publics changed the shape of ear...
The Erotics of Looking: Early Modern Netherlandish Art presents a collection of provocative essays that explore the material qualities of early Dutch art to reveal ways new forms of visual imagery solicit a beholder's involvement.
Explores how descriptive pictures during the early modern Dutch art period operated as social things and were designed to pleasurably engage the eye and prompt discussion and debate
Shows how these works potentially raised ethical and political questions about the interconnectedness of engaging with pictures and the material...
The Erotics of Looking: Early Modern Netherlandish Art presents a collection of provocative essays that explore the material qualities of ea...
