We know the Renaissance as a key period in the history of Europe. It saw the development of court and urban cultures, witnessed the first global voyages of discovery and gave rise to the Reformation and Counter Reformation. It also started with the 'invention' of oil painting, linear perspective and moveable type, all visual technologies. Does that mean, as has been suggested, that the Renaissance stands for the 'ascendancy of the eye'? If so, then what happened to the sensory extremes which the famous Dutch historian Johan Huizinga still perceived in the 15th century? Did they simply disappear? Or is there another history to be told, a history of a surprising continuity, not only of the sense of hearing but also of the 'lower' senses - those of taste, smell and touch? And was the Renaissance not first and foremost a time of deep sensory anxiety? This volume, assembling nine outstanding specialists, seeks to answer these questions while offering a lively and 'sensational' portrait of the period. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Renaissance presents essays on the following topics: the social life of the senses; urban sensations; the senses in the marketplace; the senses in religion; the senses in philosophy and science; medicine and the senses; the senses in literature; art and the senses; and sensory media.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9780857853417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221855595
Product Key Features
Author
Herman Roodenburg
Publication Name
A Cultural History of the Senses in the Renaissance
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology, History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
244mm
Item Width
169mm
Item Weight
689g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
The Cultural Histories Series
Editor
Herman Roodenburg
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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