At the turn of the seventeenth century, Hristomir Stanev argues, ideas about the senses became part of a dramatic and literary tradition in England, concerned with the impact of metropolitan culture. Drawing upon an archive of early modern dramatic and prose writings, and on rec…
Gordon Teskey concludes that the modern artist, far from being characterised by what Benjamin (after Baudelaire) called 'loss of the aura,' is invested, as never before, with a shamanistic spiritual power that is mediated through art.
This essential volume offers students a number of highly focused chapters on key themes in restoration history. Each addresses a core question or issue and uses a variety of sources to illustrate and illuminate arguments. The authors provide clear introductions to different aspe…
"The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century has often been called a decisive turning point in human history. It represents, for good or ill, the birth of modern science and modern ways of viewing the world. In What Galileo Saw, Lawrence Lipking offers a new perspective…
Overzicht van de geschiedenis van de luit in Nederland gedurende de Gouden Eeuw
"A friend of Galileo and author of the renowned utopia The City of the Sun, Tommaso Campanella (Stilo, Calabria,1568- Paris, 1639) is one of the most significant and original thinkers of the early modern period. His philosophical project centred upon the idea of reconciling Rena…
Provides an ambitious overview of Dutch artists' ideas on painting.
"À la base de cette étude se trouvent des questions très simples, mais tellement fondamentales qu'on oublie souvent de les poser. Pourquoi le théâtre français est-il tellement "français", par exemple lorsqu'on met en scène un auteur comme Racine? Quelles constructions identitair…
