Published by De Gruyter

European Identities and Transcultural Exchange

Studies in Art History

Edited by: Sabine Frommel and Eckhard Leuschner

ISSN: 2627-4159

e-ISSN 2627-4167

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This international scholarly series aims at exploring the shaping and re-shaping of European identities by means of artistic and cultural exchange in the Early Modern era, including the migration of artists, artistic models, means of expression and techniques, knowledge and ideas. Adopting a dynamic vision of transcultural processes and their political, social and religious contexts, it intends to present exemplary research on a wide range of artistic topics and media.

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Book Print Only 2019

Wiener Theatervorhänge

Repräsentation, Kunstdiskurs und kulturelles Selbstverständnis um 1800

Susanne Fischer-Kauer

Volume 2 in this series

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Bemalte Theatervorhänge waren um 1800 ein prominentes und weithin wahrgenommenes Bildmedium der Wiener Kunst. Maßgeblich geprägt wurde die Vorhangmalerei dieser Schwellenepoche durch den bedeutenden Maler Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751–1818). Auf dem „Radar" der Kunst- und Theaterwissenschaften erscheinen diese herausragenden Monumentalgemälde von europäischem Rang dagegen schon lange nicht mehr. Noch immer werden die visuellen Wirkungsmöglichkeiten dieses Bildmediums unterschätzt.

Die Publikation widmet sich erstmalig dem bemalten Theatervorhang aus kunsthistorischer Perspektive. Mit dem besonderen Blick auf die Wiener Vorhangmalerei um 1800 werden neue Ansatzpunkte zum Lesen dieser Riesengemälde geboten und Perspektiven der Einordnung in die kulturellen Diskurse der Epoche aufgezeigt.

ISBN:: 9783110653687
Subject:: Arts
Subject:: Genres
Subject:: Painting
Subject:: Applied Arts
Subject:: Periods
Subject:: 19th Century
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Genres and Media in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Drama, Theater
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Bernard Palissy

Artisan des réformes entre art, science et foi

Juliette Ferdinand

Volume 1 in this series

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In his grotto and garden concepts, Bernard Palissy (1510–1590) developed the veristic "style rustique". It reflects the upheavals that transformed Renaissance Europe, particularly in the fields of religion and science.

Juliette Ferdinand addresses all of Palissy's areas of interest, including ceramics, garden art, and natural philosophy. She sheds light on his demand for a reform of science and religion that should be guided by a return to the origins of nature and scripture. Beyond the astonishment that their appearance still arouses in the viewer, it is the complexity and richness of an era that the "rustic figulines" testify to.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110586121
ISBN:: 9783110586121
ISBN:: 9783110585063
Subject:: Arts
Subject:: Arts, general
Subject:: Periods
Subject:: 16th-17th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Print Only 2023

Les Français et la Renaissance

Idées et représentations de l’architecture, 1760–1880

Antonio Brucculeri

Volume 4 in this series

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The theme of the book is the interpretation of Italian Renaissance art by French artists as of the final decades of the 18th century. In particular, the book examines the origins of the historiographical myth of Tuscan Quattrocento architecture and art and how this myth took shape and spread thanks to the gaze of French travelers, philosophers, scholars, artists, and, more specifically, architects. The book also analyzes the genesis and evolution of architects’ travels in Tuscany as well as the ingenious, and innovative practice of tracing the original drawings of Renaissance architects. Finally, it addresses the French architects’ disposition toward promoting an Italian Neo-Renaissance architectural language, in Europe and beyond, thus responding to values endorsed by the bourgeoisie of the 19th century.

Cet ouvrage s'intéresse à l'interprétation de la Renaissance italienne par les artistes français depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle. L'accent est mis sur les origines du mythe historiographique de l'architecture et de l'art du Quattrocento toscan, et sur la manière dont ce mythe a pris forme et s'est répandu grâce au regard des voyageurs, philosophes, érudits, artistes et surtout architectes français. L'auteur analyse la genèse et le développement des voyages en Toscane des architectes ainsi que la pratique innovante de la copie des dessins originaux d'architecture de la Renaissance. Il examine également la tendance des architectes français à promouvoir un langage architectural de la néo-renaissance italienne, inspiré des valeurs défendues par la bourgeoisie du XIXe siècle.

The book focuses on French artists and architects’ interpretation of Renaissance architecture from the 1760s onwards. Exploring the origins of the historiographical myth of Tuscan and Florentine Quattrocento architecture, it studies the fascination of these 18^th century philosophers, scholars and travelers, forerunner of the enchantment of 19^th century artists, in particular architects, who then disseminated neo-Renaissance Italian language.

ISBN:: 9783110699562
Subject:: Architecture and Design
Subject:: Architecture
Subject:: History
Subject:: History, general
Subject:: Arts
Subject:: Arts, general
Subject:: Periods
Subject:: 19th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Print Only 2021

Die arabischen Evangelien der Typographia Medicea

Buchdruck, Buchhandel und Buchillustration in Rom um 1600

Caren Reimann

Volume 3 in this series

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The Medici Oriental Press (1584–1614) occupied a special position among Roman workshops—supported by Pope Gregory XIII and financed by Ferdinando de’Medici, it produced books in Arabic and Chaldean that were supposed to satisfy both scholarly and missionary requirements. This study assesses the extensive accounting documents that have been preserved with respect to the question of how the Medici Oriental Press positioned itself in the network of European printing houses and the international book market. Based on the example of the Gospels in Arabic and Arabic-Latin, it provides insights into the operation and costs of the process of producing books, and into practices for negotiating with the pontifical censorship authorities, book agents, and diplomats.

ISBN:: 9783110688627
Subject:: Arts
Subject:: Genres
Subject:: Graphic Arts
Subject:: Periods
Subject:: 16th-17th Century
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Publisher:: De Gruyter