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The Animated Image

Roman Theory on Naturalism, Vividness and Divine Power

By: Stijn Bussels

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The Animated Image

Roman Theory on Naturalism, Vividness and Divine Power

By: Stijn Bussels

Many Romans wrote about the belief that an image - a sculpture or painting, as well as a verbal description or a personage on stage - is not a representation, but the image’s prototype or that an image had particular aspects of life. A first group of authors explained these believes as incorrect observation or wrong mental processing by the beholder. Other authors pointed at the excellent craftsmanship of the maker of the image. A third group looked at the supernatural involvement of its prototype, often a god. Together these discourses on the animation of images bring us to what intellectuals from all over the Roman empire saw as reprehensible or acceptable in beholding images as works of art or as cult images. Moreover, these discourses touch upon ontological and epistemological problems. The barrier between life and death was explored and also the conditions to obtain knowledge from observation.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3050062614

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9783050062617

The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

By: Stijn Bussels,Bram Van Oostveldt

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The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

By: Stijn Bussels,Bram Van Oostveldt

Contrary to what Kant believed about the Dutch (and their visual culture) as “being of an orderly and diligent position” and thus having no feeling for the sublime, this book argues that the sublime played an important role in seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture. By looking at different visualizations of exceptional heights, divine presence, political grandeur, extreme violence, and extraordinary artifacts, the authors demonstrate how viewers were confronted with the sublime, which evoked in them a combination of contrasting feelings of awe and fear, attraction and repulsion. In studying seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture through the lens of notions of the sublime, we can move beyond the traditional and still widespread views on Dutch art as the ultimate representation of everyday life and the expression of a prosperous society in terms of calmness, neatness, and order. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, architectural history, and cultural history.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003803490

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The Animated Image

Roman Theory on Naturalism, Vividness and Divine Power

By: Stijn Bussels

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The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

By: Stijn Bussels,Bram Van Oostveldt

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Spectacle, Rhetoric and Power

The Triumphal Entry of Prince Philip of Spain into Antwerp

By: Stijn Bussels

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The Triumphal Entry of Prince Philip of Spain into Antwerp

By: Stijn Bussels

In 1549, Prince Philip of Spain made his entry into Antwerp together with his father, Emperor Charles V. For this occasion the rich city of commerce was transformed into a large theatrical space with triumphal arches and tableaux vivants as stage settings. The citizens and the princes acted as actors in a splendid parade, a battle array of four thousand participants, impressive tournaments and a huge firework display. This resulted in one of the most expensive and impressive festivities of the early modern period. The organizing municipality drew on various theatrical genres in an effort to bring about a renewal in the existing power relations between the Habsburg rulers and themselves, as well as the relations of the rulers with the population. Exactly how the city and the monarch were depicted was illustrative of the precious balance of power between the Habsburgs and the city fathers and of both parties toward their respective subjects. How these power relations were precisely staged in Antwerp is studied in this book.

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Rodopi

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9401207518

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9789401207515

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The Animated Image

The Animated Image

The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

The Animated Image

The Animated Image

The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

Spectacle, Rhetoric and Power

Spectacle, Rhetoric and Power

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