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Article: The Biography of the Object in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy.(Book review)
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- The Historian
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- March 22, 2008
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The Biography of the Object in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Edited by Roberta J. M. Olson, Patricia L. Reilly, and Rupert Shepherd. (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. Pp. vii, 147. $59.95.)
When a student of history studies the genre, it is often an examination of political, economic, social, or some other mainstream branch of history. When an object is discussed, it is usually in connection with its creator and the impact that it had on that person. But in this book, the authors attempt to focus on the objects themselves, including how they came into existence as well as their afterlives.
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