Sites of Mediation: Connected Histories of Places, Processes, and Objects in Europe and Beyond, 1450-1650

Author:   Susanna Burghartz ,  Lucas Burkart ,  Christine Goettler
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   47
ISBN:  

9789004229563


Pages:   410
Publication Date:   23 September 2016
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Our Price $652.08 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Sites of Mediation: Connected Histories of Places, Processes, and Objects in Europe and Beyond, 1450-1650


Add your own review!

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Susanna Burghartz ,  Lucas Burkart ,  Christine Goettler
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   47
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.779kg
ISBN:  

9789004229563


ISBN 10:   9004229566
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   23 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on the Editors Notes on the Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction: `Sites of Mediation' in Early Modern Europe and Beyond. A Working Perspective Susanna Burghartz, Lucas Burkart, and Christine Goettler I. Staging Encounters Rome and its Indies: A Global System of Knowledge at the End of the Sixteenth Century Antonella Romano Staging Genoa in Antwerp: The Triumphal Arch of the Genoese Nation for the Blijde Inkomst of Archduke Ernest of Austria into Antwerp, 1594 Ivo Raband Setting the Stage for Oneself and Others: Venice and the Levant in the Fifteenth Century Benedikt Bego-Ghina The Queen in the Pawnshop: Shaping Civic Virtues in a Painting for the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi in Venice Nicolai Koelmel Through the Stained-Glass: The Basel Schutzenhaus as a Site of Encounter Michael Schaffner II. Translation, Transmission, Transformation The Kux as a Site of Mediation: Economic Practices and Material Desires in the Early Modern German Mining Industry Tina Asmussen Mediating between Art and Nature: The Countess of Arundel at Tart Hall Jennifer Rabe The `Hortus Siccus' as a Focal Point: Knowledge, Environment, and Image in Felix Platter's and Caspar Bauhin's Herbaria Davina Benkert Translation, Mobility, and Mediation: The Case of the Codex Mendoza Daniela Bleichmar Collaborative Craftsmanship and Chimeric Creation in Seventeenth-Century Antwerp Art Cabinets Nadia S. Baadj III. Fluid Worlds Hermaphrodites in Basel? Figures of Ambiguity and the Early Modern Physician Sarah-Maria Schober Riches of the Sea: Collecting and Consuming Frans Snijders's Marine Market Paintings in the Southern Netherlands Stefanie Wyssenbach Negotiating Arctic Waters: John Davis's The Worldes Hydrographical Discription Franziska Hilfiker Fortunes at Sea: Mediated Goods and Dutch Trade, Circa 1600 Claudia Swan Index Nominum

Reviews

Author Information

Susanna Burghartz is Professor of History at the University of Basel. She has published on European travel reports during the first globalization, urban society in Renaissance and early modern Switzerland, perception and mediality, gender history, and on the Reformation and confessionalisation periods. Lucas Burkart is Professor of History at the University of Basel. He has published on various topics including late medieval visual culture, medieval treasury, the culture of collection and science in Baroque Rome, and the history of medieval and Renaissance historiography. Christine Goettler is Professor of Art History at the University of Bern. She has published extensively on diverse topics ranging from Reformation iconoclasm, post-Tridentine spirituality, and the relationship between art, nature, and the senses to aspects of early modern artists' materials.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List