Global Objects: A New Approach to Art History
Art history is often viewed from cultural or national perspectives, where work is categorized as fine art or craft. Global Objects by Edward Cooke breaks through these dividing lines and explores a wide range of functional aesthetic objects that transcend geographical and temporal boundaries.
Content and Approach
- Focus on objects made of clay, fiber, wood, and non-ferrous metals
- Research into the production, consumption, and circulation of objects
- Incorporation of the making process and meaning formation
- Breaking traditional dualisms such as East versus West and fine versus decorative art
- Analysis of local fabrication combined with changing meanings over time and space
- Multiple centers of art production in diverse contexts without focusing on one region, nation, or medium
Application
Suitable for students and professionals in art historical education and research.
Global Objects offers an innovative view on the social life cycle of objects, from creation to use and experienced meaning. The richly illustrated edition inspires new insights into the history of art.
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