Animating Empire
Automata, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Early Modern World
Seiten
2018
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-08002-4 (ISBN)
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-08002-4 (ISBN)
Recounts the histories of German clockwork automata, which were given as gifts and collected in the Holy Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Mughal Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, German clockwork automata were collected, displayed, and given as gifts throughout the Holy Roman, Ottoman, and Mughal Empires. In Animating Empire, Jessica Keating recounts the lost history of six such objects and reveals the religious, social, and political meaning they held.
The intricate gilt, silver, enameled, and bejeweled clockwork automata, almost exclusively crafted in the city of Augsburg, represented a variety of subjects in motion, from religious figures to animals. Their movements were driven by gears, wheels, and springs painstakingly assembled by clockmakers. Typically wound up and activated by someone in a position of power, these objects and the theological and political arguments they made were highly valued by German-speaking nobility. They were often given as gifts and as tribute payment, and they played remarkable roles in the Holy Roman Empire, particularly with regard to courtly notions about the important early modern issues of universal Christian monarchy, the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, the encroachment of the Ottoman Empire, and global trade.
Demonstrating how automata produced in the Holy Roman Empire spoke to a convergence of historical, religious, and political circumstances, Animating Empire is a fascinating analysis of the animation of inanimate matter in the early modern period. It will appeal especially to art historians and historians of early modern Europe.
E-book editions have been made possible through support of the Art History Publication Initiative (AHPI), a collaborative grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, German clockwork automata were collected, displayed, and given as gifts throughout the Holy Roman, Ottoman, and Mughal Empires. In Animating Empire, Jessica Keating recounts the lost history of six such objects and reveals the religious, social, and political meaning they held.
The intricate gilt, silver, enameled, and bejeweled clockwork automata, almost exclusively crafted in the city of Augsburg, represented a variety of subjects in motion, from religious figures to animals. Their movements were driven by gears, wheels, and springs painstakingly assembled by clockmakers. Typically wound up and activated by someone in a position of power, these objects and the theological and political arguments they made were highly valued by German-speaking nobility. They were often given as gifts and as tribute payment, and they played remarkable roles in the Holy Roman Empire, particularly with regard to courtly notions about the important early modern issues of universal Christian monarchy, the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, the encroachment of the Ottoman Empire, and global trade.
Demonstrating how automata produced in the Holy Roman Empire spoke to a convergence of historical, religious, and political circumstances, Animating Empire is a fascinating analysis of the animation of inanimate matter in the early modern period. It will appeal especially to art historians and historians of early modern Europe.
E-book editions have been made possible through support of the Art History Publication Initiative (AHPI), a collaborative grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Jessica Keating is Assistant Professor of Art History at Carleton College.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Early Modern Automata: An Abridged History
2. Ever More Variations on the Imperial Theme at the Court of Rudolf II
3. The Gifts That Keep on Giving
4. A Figure of Speech
5. Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomatic Machinery
6. Metamorphosis at the Mughal Court
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.04.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 37 Halftones, color; 23 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | University Park |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1043 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-271-08002-7 / 0271080027 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-271-08002-4 / 9780271080024 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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