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The moving statues of seventeenth-century Amsterdam automata, waxworks, fountains, labyrinths

Title
The moving statues of seventeenth-century Amsterdam [electronic resource] : automata, waxworks, fountains, labyrinths / Angela Vanhaelen.
Author
Vanhaelen, Angela.
Publication
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]

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Description
1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Summary
"Explores the visual and cultural history of Amsterdam in the early modern era, focusing on the doolhoven: winding mazes behind pubs and taverns that featured pleasure gardens, waterworks, wax galleries, and automata"--
Uniform Title
Moving statues of seventeenth-century Amsterdam (Online)
Alternative Title
Moving statues of seventeenth-century Amsterdam (Online)
Subject
  • Labyrinths > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century
  • Robots > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century
  • Wax figures > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century
  • Protestantism in art
  • Fountains > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > 17th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction. The closed door : walking in -- Ritual routes. The courtyard fountain : Bacchic rites ; Into the labyrinth : containing the human monster -- The moving statue strikes. Automata : activating human behavior ; Strange things for strangers : transcultural automata -- Protestant paganism. Wax portraits : body politics ; Time machines in the golden age : the Kairos of clockwork -- Epilogue : obsolescence.
LCCN
2021027948
OCLC
ssj0002851367
Author
Vanhaelen, Angela.
Title
The moving statues of seventeenth-century Amsterdam [electronic resource] : automata, waxworks, fountains, labyrinths / Angela Vanhaelen.
Imprint
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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