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UNINA9910476931603321 |
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Fitzner Sebastian |
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Architekturzeichnungen der deutschen Renaissance : Funktion und Bildlichkeit zeichnerischer Produktion 1500-1650 / / Sebastian Fitzner |
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Cologne : , : Modern Academic Publishing, , 2016 |
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1 online resource (410 pages) |
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Architectural drawings of the : erman Renaissance9 have, with a few exceptions, remained unexplored objects. This is contrasted by the vast amount of surviving objects, of which roughly 8.000 drawings from the 16th to the early 17th century originate from the German territories. Despite being neglected for a long time, these drawings, however, convey a diverse picture of building in theory and practice, and are characterized by remarkable variations in their depiction of architecture. Aside from the various historical uses of the drawings, a closer examination can reveal the historical conditions for and the impacts of architectural drawing in general. The present study, therefore, aims to categorise the architectural drawings in order to extract their implied knowledge and to embed them in their respective historic discourses and epistemic systems. The main argument is that architectural drawings were not only tools for the design process of castles, gardens, civic buildings, or fortresses. Instead, they were part of complex communication processes, and were crucial objects of preserving architectural knowledge and invention. Architectural drawings should rather be understood as : ignificant objects9 ("Bedeutungsträger") of cultural practices, conveying historic concepts of space and built environments. In order to determine the very diverse aspects of the architectural drawing in the Northern Renaissance, this study is based upon a select number of drawings from various regions of the German states and newly discovered written sources. Due to the |
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lack of architectural drawings in the northern regions of Germany, the majority of the selected drawings are from the south and middle-east of Germany (e.g. in Dresden, Nuremberg, or Kassel). The lack of contemporary art historical studies on : erman Renaissance9 architectural drawings has made it even more crucial to focus on historic material. Therefore, this study provides written sources dealing with concepts of : rawing theories9 as well as the thus far unknown concept of a treatise depicting design processes and functions of architectural drawings. In order to rethink the : isual culture9 of architectural drawings of the : erman Renaissance9 this study relies on traditional art historical and historical methods ("Quellenkritik") to evaluate the written and drawn sources, and on methods of media studies and visual studies ("Bildwissenschaft") to disclose pictorial strategies of visualization and communication. This book is structured in four main chapters dealing with theory and profession, function and impact, practice, and design techniques of architectural drawings between 1500 and 1650 in the German countries. While the first three chapters are concerned with the theory, design techniques, historic, and social context of the drawings, the fourth chapter presents case studies reflecting their function, use, and impact. Although this analysis is hugely concerned with objects originating from the Holy Roman Empire, it aims to reconstruct a general idea of the complex phenomena of production, visualization, communication, display, and collecting of knowledge by the means of architectural drawings, which can easily be applied to objects from any other : egion9 of that period. While being mainly used for common design processes, architectural drawings are defined by their wide-ranging utilisation, ranging from legal documents to material in the civic and princely education. It can be observed that draughtsmen of architectural drawings come from heterogeneous backgrounds to include not only architects, engineers, and town master masons, but also goldsmiths, structural draughtsmen, musicians, and even princes themselves. Accordingly, drawings could be plain administrative documents or, at times, valuable collection pieces, which is reflected in their depository - objects could be found at various places at the court or civic administration such as the registry, the library, and the armoury, but also in the Cabinet of Curiosities, or in the architect's personal archive. Even with only a small number of known approaches theorizing architectural drawings and design practices during the 16th century, it is possible to reveal a broad influence on drawing theories, especially by perspective treatises and the so-called "Visier- und Messkunst" (measuring). Reconstructing the various places of producing, collecting, displaying, and studying architectural drawings shows that architectural drawings were a crucial part in cultural processes of understanding, organizing, and dealing with the built environment. |
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UNINA9910970341803321 |
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Grow Matthew J |
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"Liberty to the downtrodden" : Thomas L. Kane, romantic reformer / / Matthew J. Grow |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
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9786612352461 |
9786612089633 |
9781282352469 |
1282352466 |
9780300153262 |
0300153260 |
9781282089631 |
1282089633 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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The Lamar series in western history |
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Latter Day Saints - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century |
Latter Day Saint pioneers - Utah - History - 19th century |
Latter Day Saint churches - United States - History - 19th century |
Social reformers - United States |
Abolitionists - United States |
Soldiers - United States |
Utah History 19th century |
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"Published with assistance from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-336) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Raising Kane -- 2. Europe -- 3. Beginnings of Reform -- 4. Meeting the Mormons -- 5. The Suffering Saints -- 6. Free Soil and Young America -- 7. Fugitive Slaves -- 8. Reforming Marriage -- 9. The Utah War, Act I -- 10. The Utah War, Act II -- 11. Honor, Reform, and War -- 12. Developing Kane -- 13. Anti-Anti-Polygamy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Kane Family Chart -- Notes -- Index |
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Thomas L. Kane (1822-1883), a crusader for antislavery, women's |
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rights, and the downtrodden, rose to prominence in his day as the most ardent and persuasive defender of Mormons' religious liberty. Though not a Mormon, Kane sought to defend the much-reviled group from the "Holy War" waged against them by evangelical America. His courageous personal intervention averted a potentially catastrophic bloody conflict between federal troops and Mormon settlers in the now nearly forgotten Utah War of 1857-58. Drawing on extensive, newly available archives, this book is the first to tell the full story of Kane's extraordinary life. The book illuminates his powerful Philadelphia family, his personal life and eccentricities, his reform achievements, his place in Mormon history, and his career as a Civil War general. Further, the book revises previous understandings of nineteenth-century reform, showing how Kane and likeminded others fused Democratic Party ideology, anti-evangelicalism, and romanticism. |
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