A Spectral Spectacle: Dutch Mannerist Portals at Amsterdam’s New Philanthropic Sites, 1581-1645
After Amsterdam’s late medieval Catholic monasteries were surrendered to the Protestant government in 1578, four of these properties were converted into an orphanage, a mental asylum, and two gender-specific reformatories respectively before the turn of the century. Portals with Dutch Mannerist expressions were installed at the principal entrances as a publicly visible feature of modernisation for the repurposed complexes. This essay is a study of these architectural objects and their socio-political value for the city’s philanthropic campaign that affirmed middle-class power. It argues that t... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Stichting Early Modern Low Countries
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Schlagwörter: | public art / Classical architecture / portals / urban spectacle / poor relief / discplinary power |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27413329 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://emlc-journal.org/article/view/11337 |