Title & Author:

Rudolf II and Prague : the court and the city / edited by Eliška Fučíková [and others].

Publication:

Prague : Prague Castle Administration ; London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 1997.

Description:

ix, 792 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Rudolf II and Prague, the Imperial Court and Residential City as the Cultural and Spiritual Heart of Central Europe, 30 May 1997-7 September 1997"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Imperial Court -- Prague Castle under Rudolf II, His Predecessors and Successors, 1530-1648 -- In the Name of God: Religious Struggles in the Empire, 1555-1648 -- King Ferdinand I of Bohemia, Archduke Ferdinand II and the Prague Court, 1527-1567 -- Architectural Styles in the Reign of Rudolf II: Italian and Hispanic Influences -- Perspective on Prague: Rudolfine Stylistics Reviewed -- Picturing the Artist in Rudolfine Prague -- Portraits of Emperor Rudolf II -- Landscapes and City Views of Prague -- Roelandt Savery and the 'Discovery' of the Alpine Waterfall -- Natural History Illustration at the Court of Rudolf II -- Engraving at the Court of Prague -- Pictor Doctus: Drawing and the Theory of Art around 1600 -- Thoughts on Rudolfine Art in the 'Court Workshops' of Prague -- The Kunstkammer of Rudolf II: Where it Was and What it Looked Like -- Cabinets, Collecting and Natural Philosophy -- The Court of Rudolf II and Humanist Culture -- Scientific and Magical Humanism at the Court of Rudolf II -- Natural Philosophy and Natural Magic -- From Feuding Brothers to a Nation at War with Itself -- Residential City -- Prague Between 1550 and 1650 -- The Nobility in the Czech Lands, 1550-1650 -- The Public and Private Lives of Prague's Burghers -- The Jewish Town in Prague -- The Religious Situation in Rudolfine Prague -- Education in Rudolfine Prague -- Book-printing and Other Forms of Publishing in Prague, 1550-1650 -- Bookbinding: Style and Ornament -- Architecture in Prague, 1550-1650 -- Sculpture and Painting in Prague, 1550-1650 -- The Decorative Arts -- Catalogue -- Imperial Court -- I. Painting, Sculpture, Drawings and Engravings at the Court of Rudolf II -- II. The Kunstkammer of Rudolf II -- III. History, Architecture and Funeralia -- IV. Science and Music -- Residential City -- Exhibitions -- Literature -- Index.

ISBN:

0500237379
9780500237373

Subject:

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612 Art patronage.
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612 Art collections Exhibitions.
Rodolphe II, empereur germanique, 1552-1612 Mécénat Expositions.
Rodolphe II, empereur germanique, 1552-1612 Collections d'art Expositions.
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612 Art collections.
Arts, Czech Czech Republic Prague.
Arts, Czech Czech Republic Prague Exhibitions.
Arts tchèques République tchèque Prague Expositions.
Arts République tchèque Prague 16e siècle Expositions.
Arts République tchèque Prague 17e siècle Expositions.
Arts tchèques République tchèque Prague.
Art patronage.
Arts, Czech.
Intellectual life.
Beeldende kunsten.
Vorstenhoven.
Kunstbevordering.
Arts Czech Republic Prague.
Prague (Czech Republic) Intellectual life.
Prague (République tchèque) Vie intellectuelle Expositions.
Czech Republic Prague.
Czech Republic Intellectual life.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Fučíková, Eliška.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191625
Call No.: NX571.C92.R83 (ID:97-B2623)
Status: Available