Cosmopolitan Baroque

Aristocratic Networks and Cultural Exchange Between Seventeenth-Century Habsburg Spain and Austria

Bianca M. Lindorfer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

220 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-72131-6 (ISBN)

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This book examines the cultural relations between the Spanish and Austrian Habsburg monarchies in the seventeenth century and explores the central role of transnational aristocratic networks in cultural transfer processes between Spain and Central Europe. It tells the story of Central European aristocrats who embraced new foreign fashions, commodities, and practices to demonstrate their wealth and superior social position, thereby contributing significantly to the emergence of a cosmopolitan aristocratic Baroque culture. It shows that a new type of aristocrat emerged during this period: the cultured and educated aristocratic connoisseur, who knew how to use cultural imports and practices for his own strategic ends.

However, the book also shows that not everyone was equally enthusiastic about the growing cultural imports, but that the boundaries between acceptance and rejection were often fluid. Covering a wide range of topics that span from early modern luxury consumption and food culture to collecting painting and the emergence of early modern aristocratic libraries, the book will appeal to a broad academic audience, including social and cultural historians, art historians, and cultural anthropologists alike.

With its transnational scope, the book will be relevant to scholars interested in exploring the cosmopolitan nature of the early modern aristocracy also beyond the Austrian Habsburg monarchy.

Bianca M. Lindorfer holds a Ph.D. from the European University Institute in Florence and now works at the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on early modern aristocratic society and cultural transfer processes.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Aristocratic Networks and Cultural Exchange Between Seventeenth-Century Habsburg Spain and Austria

Part 1: Bridging Cultures: Aristocratic Networks in the Spanish and Austrian Habsburg Monarchies

Chapter 2. Spain, Central Europe and the Aristocracy

Chapter 3. Acquiring Contacts Abroad: Central European Aristocrats as Travelers and Ambassadors

Chapter 4. Kinship and Court Networks: Circles of Influence and Cultural Transfer

Part 2. Crossing Borders: The Transfer of Goods

Chapter 5. Collecting Paintings: The Origins of the Gräflich Harrach’sche Gemäldegalerie

Chapter 6. Exhibiting Knowledge: Spanish Literature in Aristocratic Libraries

Chapter 7. Consuming Luxury: Austrian Aristocrats and the Rise of Chocolate

Part 3. Beyond Transfer: The Impact of Cultural Transfer in Shaping Identities

Chapter 8. The Rise of a Cosmopolitan Aristocracy: Food, Fashion, and Fame

Chapter 9. Cultural Patriotism: The Opponents of Foreign Influences

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	14.09.2024
Reihe/Serie	Early Modern Iberian History in Global Contexts
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	585 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-72131-6 / 1032721316
ISBN-13	978-1-032-72131-6 / 9781032721316
Zustand	Neuware