Court Culture in Dresden

Court Culture in Dresden

by H. Watanabe-O'Kelly
Court Culture in Dresden

Court Culture in Dresden

by H. Watanabe-O'Kelly

Paperback(1st ed. 2002)

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Overview

This is the first cultural history of Baroque Dresden, the capital of Saxony and the most important Protestant territory in the Empire from the mid-sixteenth to the early eighteenth century. Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly shows how the art patronage of the Electors fits into the intellectual climate of the age and investigates its political and religious context. Lutheran church music and architecture, the influence of Italy, the cabinet of curiosities and the culture of collecting, alchemy, mining and early technology, official image-making and court theatre are some of the wealth of colourful subjects dealt with during the period 1553 to 1733.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349430680
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Edition description: 1st ed. 2002
Pages: 310
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

HELEN WATANABE-O'KELLY is Professor of German Literature at Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College. Her previous books include Triumphall Shews, Tournaments at German Courts in their European Context 1580-1730, The Cambridge History of German Literature, and Festivals and Ceremonies.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgements Genealogical Tables The Lutheran Legacy: The Albertine Electors and Protestant Court Culture The Italian Ideal: The Sixteenth Century Reception of Italian Court Culture The Management of Knowledge: The Dresden Collections, Their Origins and Development The Secrets of the Heavens and the Earth: Alchemy, Mining and Astrology at the Dresden Court The Fabrication of an Image: Johann Georg II's Self-Presentation The 'Recreation of the Spirit': Theatre at the Dresden Court During the Seventeenth Century The Saxon Hercules: August the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland Conclusion Bibliography Index
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