Inspired by research undertaken for the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, "Re-thinking Renaissance Objects" explores and often challenges some of the key issues and current debates relating to Renaissance art and culture.Puts forward original research, including evidence provided by an in-depth study arising from the Medieval & Renaissance Gallery projectContributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of the objects themselvesNew theories emerge from several papers, some of which challenge current thinking