Foundation, Dedication and Consecration in Early Modern Europe

Bringing together contributions from art history, architectural history, historiography and history of law, this volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the manifold meanings of foundation, dedication and consecration rituals and narratives in early modern culture.

About the author

Maarten Delbeke, Ph.D. (2001) in Architecture, Ghent University, is Associate Professor at Ghent University, and researcher at the LUICD of Leiden University. He has published on Early Modern theory of art and architecture, as well as modern architecture

Minou Schraven, Ph.D. (2006) in Art History, Groningen University, is postdoctoral fellow at Leiden University. She has published on early modern material and festival culture, including her Festive Funerals in Early Modern Italy. Cultures of Conspicuous Commemoration (in press, Ashgate).

Product details

• Assisted by: M. Delbeke (Editor), Maarten Delbeke (Editor), M. Schraven (Editor), Minou Schraven (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2011
• EAN: 9789004217577
• ISBN: 978-90-04-21757-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 246 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 839 g
• Series: Intersections
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries