Main entry:

Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen.

Title & Author:

Court culture in Dresden : from Renaissance to Baroque / by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly.

Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Description:

xv, 310 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-296) and index.
The Lutheran Legacy: The Albertine Electors and Protestant Court Culture -- The Electoral burial chapel at Freiberg -- Sectarian tournaments -- Lutheran sacred music -- the 'historia' -- Biblical drama -- Johann Georg II and the 'Joseph' plays -- Dedekind and the biblical semi-opera -- The Italian Ideal: The Sixteenth-Century Reception of Italian Culture -- Italian artists in Dresden -- The new stables and portrait gallery (1586) -- Arms, armour and Italian horsemanship -- The tournament and Italian influence -- Princely education and 'civil conversation' -- Johann Georg I's Italian journey (1601) and its Dresden legacy -- The Management of Knowledge: The Dresden Collections -- Their Origin and Development -- Early modern collecting -- The original Dresden Kunstkammer -- Elector August's Library -- The Electoral Library in the seventeenth century -- The Kunstkammer under Christian I and Christian II -- Johann Georg I's Kunstkammer -- Storage and inventorisation of the collections -- The Secrets of the Heavens and the Earth: Alchemy, Mining and Astrology at the Dresden Court -- Early modern alchemy in the Empire -- Princely patrons of alchemy in the Empire -- Alchemy in Dresden -- the theory -- Alchemical practice at the Dresden court -- Mining and astrology in court festivals -- The Fabrication of an Image: Johann Georg II's Self-presentation -- Johann Georg II's emergence as Jason (1650) -- The Riesensaal and the ballet of 1653 -- Johann Georg II as Knight of St George -- Johann Georg II as Nimrod -- Publishing the image.

Summary:

This is the first cultural history of Baroque Dresden, the capital of Saxony and the most important Protestant territory in the Empire from mid-sixteenth to early-eighteenth century. It 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, and alchemy are among the colorful subjects that come into play.

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ISBN:

033398448X
9780333984482

Subject:

Arts, German Germany Dresden.
Arts allemands Allemagne Dresde.
Arts, German.
Civilization.
Courts and courtiers.
Intellectual life.
Hofcultuur.
Dresden (Germany) Intellectual life.
Dresden (Germany) Court and courtiers.
Dresden (Germany) Civilization.
Germany Dresden.
Dresden

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226714
Call No.: DD901.D747 .W38 2002
Status: Available