Court Culture in Dresden

Gebonden Engels 2002 9780333984482
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen

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This is the first cultural history of Baroque Dresden, the capital of Saxony and the most important Protestant territory in the Empire from the mid-sixteenth to the early eighteenth century. Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly shows how the art patronage of the Electors fits into the intellectual climate of the age and investigates its political and religious context. Lutheran church music and architecture, the influence of Italy, the cabinet of curiosities and the culture of collecting, alchemy, mining and early technology, official image-making and court theatre are some of the wealth of colourful subjects dealt with during the period 1553 to 1733.

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ISBN13:9780333984482
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgements Genealogical Tables The Lutheran Legacy: The Albertine Electors and Protestant Court Culture The Italian Ideal: The Sixteenth Century Reception of Italian Court Culture The Management of Knowledge: The Dresden Collections, Their Origins and Development The Secrets of the Heavens and the Earth: Alchemy, Mining and Astrology at the Dresden Court The Fabrication of an Image: Johann Georg II's Self-Presentation The 'Recreation of the Spirit': Theatre at the Dresden Court During the Seventeenth Century The Saxon Hercules: August the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland Conclusion Bibliography Index

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