Making Marvels

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  • Making Marvels Book Detail

  • Author : Wolfram Koeppe
  • Release Date : 2019-11-25
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Genre : Art
  • Pages : 315
  • ISBN 13 : 1588396770
  • File Size : 33,33 MB

Making Marvels by Wolfram Koeppe PDF Summary

Book Description: Featuring more than 150 treasures from several of the world’s most prestigious collections, Making Marvels explores the vital intersection of art, technology, and political power at the courts of early modern Europe. It was there, from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, that a remarkable outpouring of creativity and learning gave rise to exquisite objects that were at once beautiful works of art and technological wonders. By amassing vast, glittering collections of these ingeniously crafted objects, princes flaunted their wealth and competed for mastery over the known world. More than mere status symbols, however, many of these marvels ushered in significant advancements that have had a lasting influence on astronomy, engineering, and even international politics. Incisive texts by leading scholars situate these works within the rich, complex symbolism of life at court, where science and splendor were pursued with equal vigor and together contributed to a culture of magnificence.

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Wolfram Koeppe is Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. --Book Jacket.