Abstract
Anna Grasskamp’s Objects in Frames is an ambitious book contributing to the literature on object-oriented scholarship that has become prevalent in Art History and related fields. Reflecting the global turn in early modern studies, it also deftly attempts a transcultural approach, looking at the visual and material culture of both Germany and China. In recent years there has been a plethora of edited journal volumes, books, and conferences in early modern studies concentrating on the mobility and circulation of objects, with a particular focus on cross-cultural exchanges.1 In Art History, this is largely the result of two major changes in the discipline: the object/material turn and the global turn. The focus on the frame and framing allows Grasskamp to provide the study with its own frame; her choice to narrow her case studies to three objects of study – porcelain, astronomical instruments, and coral – anchors the project, which...
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