The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam : Automata, Waxworks, Fountains, Labyrinths /
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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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University Park, PA :
Penn State University Press,
[2022]
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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