Title & Author:

Antwerp, story of a metropolis : 16th-17th century : Antwerp, Hessenhuis 25 June-10 October 1993 / under the direction of Jan van der Stock.

Publication:

Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju, 1993.

Description:

383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at Antwerp, Hessenhuis, 25 June-10 October 1993.
"The exhibition ... has been realized as part of ANTWERP 93 Cultural Capital of Europe"--Preliminary page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-381).
Prologue / Jan Van Der Stock -- The Flowering, Decline and Revival of a Metropolis / H.B. Cools -- Antwerp, the Metropolis and its History / Leon Voet -- Antwerp as a World Market in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Herman Van Der Wee and Jan Materne -- Antwerp and the Sea / Gustaaf Asaert -- Social Relations in Antwerp in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Hugo Soly -- Antwerp, a Metropolis in Europe / Peter Burke -- Antwerp under the Magnifying Glass. An Anthology / Anne-Marie Van Passen -- Antwerp Portrayed / Jan Grieten and Paul Huvenne -- Antwerp Described / Herman Pleij -- A Printing Capital in its Ascendancy, Flowering and Decline / Francine De Nave -- Humanism and Humanists / Marcus De Schepper -- Antwerp's Luxury Industries: the Pursuit of Profit and Artistic Sensitivity / Alfons K.L. Thijs -- Antwerp, Foster-mother of the Arts: its Contribution to the Artistic Culture in Europe in the Seventeenth Century / Arnout Balis -- The Metropolis Reviewed. The Creation of a Golden Age / Lut Pil -- Epilogue: Story of an Exhibition / Steven Jacobs -- Catalogue: Part 1: The Metropolitan Idea: Fiction and Facts -- Catalogue: Part 2: Antwerp -- Metropolis?

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9053490590
9789053490594

Subject:

Arts, Belgian Belgium Antwerp 16th century Exhibitions.
Arts, Belgian Belgium Antwerp 17th century Exhibitions.
Art objects Belgium Antwerp Exhibitions.
Arts belges Belgique Anvers 16e siècle Expositions.
Arts belges Belgique Anvers 17e siècle Expositions.
Objets d'art Belgique Anvers Expositions.
Art objects.
Arts, Belgian.
Antwerp (Belgium) History Exhibitions.
Belgium Antwerp.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Stock, Jan van der.
Antwerpen 93 (1993)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 89159
Call No.: ID:93-B2498
Status: Available