This book explores the textual and visual representation of justice in a corpus of chivalric romances produced in the mid-15th century for noble patrons at the court of Burgundy. This is the first monograph devoted to manuscripts illuminated by the mid-fifteenth-century artist k…
Corporate sponsorship and business involvement in the visual arts have become increasingly common features of our cultural lives. From Absolut Vodka's sponsorship of art shows to ABN-AMRO Bank's branding of Van Gogh's self-portrait to advertise its credit cards, we have borne wi…
Rudolf II and Prague: the court and the city
"Vornehmste Stadt des Reichs" nannte Kaiser Karl IV. Nürnberg im Jahre 1366. Da hatte er die freie Reichsstadt längst zu seiner zweiten Residenz nach Prag, der Hauptstadt Böhmens, erkoren. Es war ihm gelungen, die städtischen Eliten in seine Pläne einzubinden und sich ihren wirt…
"Vornehmste Stadt des Reichs" nannte Kaiser Karl IV. Nürnberg im Jahre 1366. Da hatte er die freie Reichsstadt längst zu seiner zweiten Residenz nach Prag, der Hauptstadt Böhmens, erkoren. Es war ihm gelungen, die städtischen Eliten in seine Pläne einzubinden und sich ihren wirt…
"The Yongle emperor (r. 1402-24), one of the most famous rulers in Chinese history, is perhaps best known as the builder of Beijing's magnificent Forbidden City and for reconstruction of the Grand Canal. This volume is both the first book-length study in a Western language of Mi…
"The Yongle emperor (r. 1402-24), one of the most famous rulers in Chinese history, is perhaps best known as the builder of Beijing's magnificent Forbidden City and for reconstruction of the Grand Canal. This volume is both the first book-length study in a Western language of Mi…
"The Yongle emperor (r. 1402-24), one of the most famous rulers in Chinese history, is perhaps best known as the builder of Beijing's magnificent Forbidden City and for reconstruction of the Grand Canal. This volume is both the first book-length study in a Western language of Mi…