Ambitious antiquities, famous forebears : constructions of a glorious past in the early modern Netherlands and in Europe /

"This monograph studies the constructions of 'impressive' historical descent manufactured to create 'national', regional, or local antiquities in early modern Europe (1500-1700), especially the Netherlands. This was a period characterised by important political changes and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Enenkel, K. A. E. (Author), Ottenheym, Koen (Author)
Other Authors: Thomson, Alexander C. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Dutch
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 307.
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 41.
Subjects:
Classical antiquities > Study and teaching > Netherlands.
Classical antiquities > Political aspects > Netherlands.
Classicists > Attitudes.
Arts, Classical > Influence.
Civilization, Modern > Classical influences.
Classical antiquities > Study and teaching > Europe.
Classical antiquities > Political aspects > Europe.
Antiquités gréco-romaines > Étude et enseignement > Pays-Bas.
Antiquités gréco-romaines > Aspect politique > Pays-Bas.
Spécialistes de lettres classiques > Attitudes.
Arts antiques > Influence.
Antiquités gréco-romaines > Étude et enseignement > Europe.
Antiquités gréco-romaines > Aspect politique > Europe.
Arts, Classical > Influence
Civilization, Modern > Classical influences
Classical antiquities > Study and teaching
Europe
Netherlands
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Antiquity, a source of power and prestige : the competition for antiquities in early modern Europe
  • Supposed ancestors
  • The origin legends of the European nations
  • What is antiquity? The early modern chronology of history
  • A malleable past : on 'proof', interpretations, errors and falsifications
  • The Batavians as ancestors in early Dutch humanism : Erasmus, Aurelius and Geldenhouwer
  • Attempts to find the origins of architecture in the northern low countries : on Romans, Batavians and giants
  • From chivalric family tree to 'national' gallery : the portrait series of the counts of Holland, c. 1490-1650
  • Living as befits a knight : new castles in seventeenth-century Holland
  • The mediaeval prestige of Dutch cities.

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