TY - BOOK ID - 65556501 TI - The art of the poor : the aesthetic material culture of the lower classes in Europe, 1300-1600 PY - 2020 SN - 9781788316750 9781786736239 9781786726179 1788316754 1786736233 9781838602284 1838602283 1786726173 PB - London [England] : [London, England] : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Art KW - History of civilization KW - History of Europe KW - material culture [discipline] KW - social history KW - poor KW - anno 1300-1399 KW - anno 1400-1499 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Arts and the poor KW - Material culture KW - Culture KW - Folklore KW - Technology KW - Poor and the arts KW - Poor KW - History KW - impoverished people KW - cultuurgeschiedenis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65556501 AB - "The history of art in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance has generally been written as a story of elites: bankers, noblemen, kings, cardinals, and popes and their artistic interests and commissions. Recent decades have seen attempts to recast the story in terms of material culture, but the focus seems to remain on the upper strata of society. In his inclusive analysis of art from 1300 to 1600, Rembrandt Duits rectifies this. Bringing together thought-provoking ideas from art historians, historians, anthropologists and museum curators, The Art of the Poor examines the role of art in lower social classes of Europe and explores how this influences our understanding of medieval and early modern society. Introducing new themes and raising innovative research questions through a series of thematically grouped short case studies, this book gives impetus to a new field on the cusp of art history, social history, urban archaeology, and historical anthropology. In doing so, this important study helps us re-assess the very concept of 'art' and its function in society"-- ER -