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题名/责任者:

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

出版发行项:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2023.

ISBN:

9780300251937:

载体形态项:

305 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

个人责任者:

Wahrman, Dror, author.

附加个人名称:

Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670-1733.

附加个人名称:

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

个人名称主题:

Augustus-II,-King of Poland,-1670-1733-Art patronage.

个人名称主题:

Aurangzeb,-Emperor of Hindustan,-1618-1707.

个人名称主题:

Dinglinger, Johann Melchior,-1665?-1731.

论题主题:

Material culture-Germany-Saxony-18th century.

论题主题:

Decorative arts, Baroque-Germany-Saxony-18th century.

论题主题:

Miniature objects-Germany-Saxony-18th century.

论题主题:

Gold in art-18th century.

论题主题:

Jewelry in art-18th century.

地理名称主题:

Saxony (Germany)-Kings and rulers-18th century.

中图法分类号:

J535.1

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references and index

摘要附注:

"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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