The Art and Culture of Scandinavian Central Europe, 1550–1720

Explores early modern Scandinavia as an integral and essential part of Central Europe. Examines the visual arts in all media from the Reformation to the fall of Sweden as a great power in the earlier eighteenth century.

About the author

Kristoffer Neville is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Nicodemus Tessin the Elder: Architecture in Sweden in the Age of Greatness and coeditor of Queen Hedwig Eleonora and the Arts: Court Culture in Seventeenth-Century Northern Europe.

Summary

Explores early modern Scandinavia as an integral and essential part of Central Europe. Examines the visual arts in all media from the Reformation to the fall of Sweden as a great power in the earlier eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Kristoffer Neville, Kristoffer (Associate Professor of Art History Neville, Neville Kristoffer
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2019
• EAN: 9780271082257
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08225-7
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1179 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig, Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; The arts: general issues, ART / European, HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Central Europe, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 16th century c 1550 to c 1599, c 1700 to c 1709, c 1710 to c 1719, The arts: general topics, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, ART / History / European / Renaissance, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo