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Cover illustration: Giovanni Battista Sole (engraver), Johann Christoph Storer (designer), Drawing of the statue of the allegory of Magnificence. Engraving, 40 × 27 cm. From Racconto delle Sontuose Esequie Fatte alla Serenissima Isabella Reina di Spagna nella Chiesa Maggiore della Citta di Milano il Giorno 22 Decembre dell’Anno 1644 (Milan, Dionisio Gariboldi: [1645]). Milan, Civica Raccolta delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli, Castello Sforzesco (VOL.AA.316). Image © Civica Raccolta delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli, Milan

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Names: Versteegen, Gijs, editor. | Bussels, Stijn, editor. | Melion, Walter S.,editor.

Title: Magnificence in the seventeenth century : performing splendour in Catholic and Protestant contexts / edited by Gijs Versteegen, Stijn Bussels, Walter Melion.

Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture, 1568–1181 ; volume 72 | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020030412 (print) | LCCN 2020030413 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004432642 (hardback ; alk. paper ) | ISBN 9789004436800 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Europe—Civilization—17th century. | Arts and society—Europe—History—17th century. | Magnificence—History—17th century.

Classification: LCC CB358 .M314 2021 (print) | LCC CB358 (ebook) | DDC 940.2/2—dc23

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Magnificence in the Seventeenth Century

Performing Splendour in Catholic and Protestant Contexts

Series:  Intersections, Volume: 72
Cover Magnificence in the Seventeenth Century
E-Book ISBN:
9789004436800
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
18 Nov 2020
  • Subjects
    • Art History
      • Art History
    • History
      • Early Modern History
      • Art History
    • Literature and Cultural Studies
      • Cultural History
Front Matter
Copyright page
Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Notes on the Editors
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction
Part 1 Traditions of Thought on Magnificence
Chapter 1 Early Modern Readings of Aristotle’s Theory of Magnificence in the Ethics
Chapter 2 Medieval Background to Magnificence in Habsburg Spain: King Solomon as Enduring Exemplar of Divine Worship
Chapter 3 Magnificence between Effect of Power and Power of Effect
Part 2 The Court and Aristocracy
Chapter 4 The Hall of Realms, a Space for Royal Magnificence
Chapter 5 Magnificence, Power, and Private Finance in the Seventeenth Century: Flavio Orsini and Marie-Anne de La Trémoille, between Rome and Paris (1675–1686)
Chapter 6 The Magnificence of the Royal Household and Royal Sites: The Case of the Spanish Monarchy
Chapter 7 Educating Magnificence: Juan Eusebio Nieremberg on Ascesis and Splendour in his Manual for the Reales Estudios of the Colegio Imperial at Madrid
Part 3 Architecture
Chapter 8 Building Magnificence in the Dutch Golden Age: the Amsterdam Town Hall
Chapter 9 Maiestate Tantum: Spiritual Magnificence at the Cappella dei Principi
Chapter 10 Magnificence Exemplified: the Restoration of the Old St. Paul’s London
Chapter 11 Magnificent! Gaspar Fagel’s Plant Collection at Leeuwenhorst
Part 4 Performance
Chapter 12 Magnificence and Atticism in Seventeenth-Century Venice
Chapter 13 Magnificence and Regality in Milanese Celebratory Sets: The Birth of Balthasar Charles and Exequies in the Epoch of Philip IV
Chapter 14 The Ducal Stage: Festive Culture and the Display of Magnificence in Seventeenth-Century Württemberg
Chapter 15 The Libertine Subversion of the Masque: The Case of John Wilmot’s Lucina’s Rape
Chapter 16 Magnificence as Aesthetic Category in Court Plays: Molière’s Les Amants Magnifiques (The Magnificent Lovers)
Back Matter
Index Nominum

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