{"product_id":"queer-making-on-artists-and-desire-in-medieval-europe-9780271100425","title":"Queer Making: On Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat role does desire play in the making of art objects? Art historians typically answer this question by referring to historical evidence about an artist's sexual identity or to particular kinds of imagery. But what about anonymous artists? Or works whose subject matter is mainstream?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know little about the identities and personalities of most premodern artists, but this should not hold us back from thinking about their embodied experience. In this book, Karl Whittington contends that we can \"queer\" the works of anonymous makers by thinking about their embodied experiences creating art. Considering issues of touch, pressure, and gesture across substances such as wood, stone, ivory, wax, cloth, paint, and metal, Whittington argues for an erotics of artisanal labor, in which the actions of hand, body, and breath interact in intimate ways with materials. Whittington takes seriously the agency of materials and technical processes, arguing that they necessarily placed the bodies of artists and artisans into physical situations and psychological states that can be read through the lens of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining historical evidence with speculative description, this evocative set of essays broadens our understanding of the motivations and experiences of premodern artists. It will appeal to scholars and students of art history, medieval studies, gender studies, queer studies, and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Whittington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Icma Books Viewpoints\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.58w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271100425","brand":"Penn State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133356302473,"sku":"9780271100425","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ade25e8c-b692-441f-aa94-059199254a66.jpg?v=1767677018","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/queer-making-on-artists-and-desire-in-medieval-europe-9780271100425","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}