Series: Art and its Global Histories

The book examines how increasing engagement with the rest of the world transformed European art, architecture and design. It considers how commercial activity and colonial ventures gave rise to new and diverse forms of visual and material culture across the globe. Drawing on a wide range of recent scholarship, Art, Commerce and Colonialism 1600–1800 offers a new perspective that challenges...

Inspired by recent approaches to the field, European Art and the Wider World 1350–1550 reexamines the field of Renaissance art history by exploring the art of this era in the light of global connections. It considers the movement of objects, ideas, and technologies and their significance for European art and material culture, analysing images through the lens of cultural encounter...