{"product_id":"the-moving-statues-of-seventeenth-century-amsterdam-automata-waxworks-fountains-labyrinths-paperback","title":"The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam: Automata, Waxworks, Fountains, Labyrinths - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela Vanhaelen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book opens a window onto a fascinating and understudied aspect of the visual, material, intellectual, and cultural history of seventeenth-century Amsterdam: the role played by its inns and taverns, specifically the \u003ci\u003edoolhoven.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDoolhoven\u003c\/i\u003e were a type of labyrinth unique to early modern Amsterdam. Offering guest lodgings, these licensed public houses also housed remarkable displays of artwork in their gardens and galleries. The main attractions were inventive displays of moving mechanical figures (automata) and a famed set of waxwork portraits of the rulers of Protestant Europe. Publicized as the most innovative artworks on display in Amsterdam, the \u003ci\u003edoolhoven\u003c\/i\u003e exhibits presented the mercantile city as a global center of artistic and technological advancement. This evocative tour through the \u003ci\u003edoolhoven\u003c\/i\u003e pub gardens--where drinking, entertainment, and the acquisition of knowledge mingled in encounters with lively displays of animated artifacts--shows that the exhibits had a forceful and transformative impact on visitors, one that moved them toward Protestant reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and decidedly original, \u003ci\u003e The Moving Statues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers a wealth of information about these nearly forgotten public pleasure parks, situating them within popular culture, religious controversies, global trade relations, and intellectual debates of the seventeenth century. It will appeal in particular to scholars in art history and early modern studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAngela Vanhaelen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Art History at McGill University. She is the author of the award-winning book \u003ci\u003eThe Wake of Iconoclasm: Painting the Church in the Dutch Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Penn State University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.9 x 7.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754101637408,"sku":"9780271091600","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1fa59cedd7f384fa25eab14b1170c316.webp?v=1780033492","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-moving-statues-of-seventeenth-century-amsterdam-automata-waxworks-fountains-labyrinths-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}