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Magnificence in the seventeenth century : performing splendour in Catholic and Protestant contexts /

"A multidisciplinary international group of leading scholars study the concept of magnificence as a social construction in seventeenth-century Europe. Although this period is previously described as the 'Age of Magnificence', thus far no attempts have been made to look how the term an...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Versteegen, Gijs (Editor), Bussels, Stijn (Editor), Melion, Walter S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture, volume 72
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"A multidisciplinary international group of leading scholars study the concept of magnificence as a social construction in seventeenth-century Europe. Although this period is previously described as the 'Age of Magnificence', thus far no attempts have been made to look how the term and the concept of magnificence functioned. The authors focus on the way crucial ethical, religious, political, aesthetic, and cultural developments interacted with thought on magnificence in Catholic and Protestant contexts, analysing spectacular civic and courtly festivities and theatre, impressive displays of painting and sculpture in rich architectural settings, splendid gardens, exclusive etiquette, grand households, and learned treatises of moral philosophy. Contributors are: Lindsay Alberts, Stijn Bussels, Jorge Fernández-Santos, Anne-Madeleine Goulet, Elizabeth den Hartog, Michèle-Caroline Heck, Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, José Eloy Hortal Muñoz, Félix Labrador Arroyo, Victoire Malenfer, Alessandro Metlica, Alessandra Mignatti, Anne-Françoise Morel, Matthias Roick, Kathrin Stocker, Klaas Tindemans, and Gijs Versteegen"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 374 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004436804
9789004436800
ISSN:1568-1181 ;