Marking Time - Objects, People, and Their Lives, 1500-1800

"How do we measure the days of our lives? Marking Time considers that profound question in the context of early modern Britain. The period from 1500 to 1800 was one of extraordinary social transformations, many having to do with the way time itself was understood, measured, and recorded.

About the author

Edward Town is head of collections information and access and assistant curator of early modern art at the Yale Center for British Art. Angela McShane is head of research development, theWellcome Collection, London.

Product details

• Authors: Angela Town Mcshane, Edward Mcshane Town
• Assisted by: Angela McShane (Editor), McShane Angela (Editor), Edward Town (Editor), Town Edward (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780300254105
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25410-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Geschichte, Relativitätstheorie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / Social History, SCIENCE / Time, Social & cultural history, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections, Art & Art Instruction, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Social and cultural history, Human Geography, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards, The arts: general topics