Book description
Inspired by research undertaken for the new Medieval & Renaissance
Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Re-thinking Renaissance Objects
explores and often challenges some of the key issues and current
debates relating to Renaissance art and culture.
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Puts forward original research, including evidence provided by
an in-depth study arising from the Medieval & Renaissance
Gallery project
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Contributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of
approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of
the objects themselves
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New theories emerge from several papers, some of which
challenge current thinking
Peta Motture
is Senior Curator of Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and
was previously Chief Curator of the Medieval & Renaissance
Galleries. She has published widely on medieval and later sculpture,
specializing primarily in the Italian Renaissance. Motture has
co-curated several exhibitions and is curator of the Robert H. Smith
Renaissance Sculpture Programme at the V&A.
Dr Michelle O'Malley is Reader in Art History at the University
of Sussex, where she has also held the position of Director of
Research in the School of Humanities. Previously, she was Head of
Education for Exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Dr.
O'Malley is the author of The Business of Art: Contracts and the
Commissioning Process in Renaissance Italy (2005) and The
Material Renaissance (co-edited with Evelyn Welch, 2007).
