Dr Leah R Clark

Associate Professor in History of Art

Kellogg College

leah.clark@conted.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests

My research explores the exchange and mobility of art objects in the fifteenth century. I am interested in the intersections between collecting, diplomacy, and trade in the Italian courts (Ferrara and Naples in particular). My current interests around the global collection of objects has led me to expand outwards from Italy to consider exchanges with the Mamluk and Ottoman courts and also consider the sensorial conditions of transcultural objects.

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Collecting Art in the Italian Renaissance Court: Objects and Exchanges (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

In this book, Leah R. Clark examines collecting practices across the Italian Renaissance court, exploring the circulation, exchange, collection, and display of objects. Rather than focusing on patronage strategies or the political power of individual collectors, she uses the objects themselves to elucidate the dynamic relationships formed through their exchange. Her study brings forward the mechanisms that structured relations within the court, and most importantly, also with individuals, representations, and spaces outside the court.

Dr Leah R Clark

Featured Publications

Collecting Art in the Italian Renaissance Court: Objects and Exchanges (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

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