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The throne of the great mogul in Dresden : the ultimate artwork of the baroque

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The throne of the great mogul in Dresden : the ultimate artwork of the baroque / Dror Wahrman.

Author

Wahrman, Dror

Publication

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023]
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Description

xix, 305 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

"The Throne of the Great Mogul (1701-8) is a unique work of European decorative art: an intricate miniature of the court of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb depicted during the emperor's birthday celebrations. It was created by the jeweler Johann Melchior Dinglinger in Dresden and purchased by the Saxon prince Augustus the Strong for an enormous sum. Constructed like a theatrical set made of gold, silver, thousands of gemstones, and amazing enamel work, it consists of 164 pieces that together tell a detailed story. Why did Dinglinger invest so much time and effort in making this piece? Why did Augustus, in the midst of a political and financial crisis, purchase it? And why did the jeweler secrete in it messages wholly unrelated to the prince or to the Great Mogul? In answering these questions, Dror Wahrman, while shifting scales from microhistory to global history, opens a window onto major historical themes of the period: the nature of European absolutism, the princely politics of the Holy Roman Empire, the changing meaning of art in the West, the surprising emergence of a cross-continental lexicon of rulership shared across the Eastern Hemisphere, and the enactment in jewels and gold of quirky contemporary theories about the global history of religion"--

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Call Number

JQE 24-114

ISBN

0300251939
9780300251937

LCCN

2022941005

OCLC

1341203475

Author

Wahrman, Dror, author.

Title

The throne of the great mogul in Dresden : the ultimate artwork of the baroque / Dror Wahrman.

Publisher

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023]

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Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index

Chronological Term

1700-1799

Added Author

Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670-1733.

Dinglinger, Johann Melchior, 1665?-1731, artist.

Research Call Number

JQE 24-114

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