The moving statues of seventeenth-century Amsterdam automata, waxworks, fountains, labyrinths
Introduction. The closed door : walking in -- Ritual routes. The courtyard fountain : Bacchic rites ; Into the labyrinth : containing the human monster -- The moving statue strikes. Automata : activating human behavior ; Strange things for strangers : transcultural automata -- Protestant paganism. W...
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2022
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction. The closed door : walking in -- Ritual routes. The courtyard fountain : Bacchic rites ; Into the labyrinth : containing the human monster -- The moving statue strikes. Automata : activating human behavior ; Strange things for strangers : transcultural automata -- Protestant paganism. Wax portraits : body politics ; Time machines in the golden age : the Kairos of clockwork -- Epilogue : obsolescence "Explores the visual and cultural history of Amsterdam in the early modern era, focusing on the doolhoven: winding mazes behind pubs and taverns that featured pleasure gardens, waterworks, wax galleries, and automata"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | X, 211 Seiten, 12 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780271091402 978-0-271-09140-2 9780271091600 978-0-271-09160-0 0271091401 0-271-09140-1 |