The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam : Automata, Waxworks, Fountains, Labyrinths /

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This book opens a window onto a fascinating and understudied aspect of the visual, material, intellectual, and cultural history of seventeenth-century Amsterdam: the role played by its inns and taverns, specifically the doolhoven.Doolhoven were a type of labyrinth unique to early modern Amsterdam. O...

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Autor principal: Vanhaelen, Angela (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Protestantism in art.
Fountains > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century.
Wax figures > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century.
Robots > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century.
Labyrinths > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century.
ART / History / Baroque & Rococo.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Closed Door: Walking In
  • Ritual Routes
  • 2 The Courtyard Fountain: Bacchic Rites
  • 3 Into the Labyrinth: Containing the Human Monster
  • The Moving Statue Strikes
  • 4 Automata: Activating Human Behavior
  • 5 Strange Things for Strangers: Transcultural Automata
  • Protestant Paganism
  • 6 Wax Portraits: Body Politics
  • 7 Time Machines in the Golden Age: The Kairos of Clockwork
  • Epilogue: Obsolescence
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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