Free Download Material Cultures of the Global Eighteenth Century: Art, Mobility, and Change (Material Culture of Art and Design) edited by Wendy Bellion, Kristel Smentek
English | February 23, 2023 | ISBN: 1350259039, 1350259071 | True EPUB | 288 pages | 13 MB
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.