Unity and discontinuity : architectural relations between the Southern and Northern low countries 1530-1700 / edited by Krista De Jonge & Konrad Ottenheym ; contributing authors, Krista De Jonge ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jonge, Krista de.

Ottenheym, Koen.

Series:

Architectura moderna ; v. 5.

Architectura moderna ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Netherlands--16th century.

Architecture.

Architecture--Netherlands--17th century.

Architecture--Belgium--16th century.

Architecture--Belgium--17th century.

Belgium.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

viii, 428 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

Unity and discontinuity : architectural relationships between the Southern and Northern Low Countries 1530-1700

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2007]

Summary:

This study focuses on change and continuity within the architecture of the Southern and Northern Low Countries from 1530 to 1700. Instead of looking at both regions separately and stressing the stylistic differences between the classicist North and the baroque South, the book establishes a new, common history of architecture for both parts of the Low Countries during the 17th century. Their reception of Antiquity in the guise of the Italian Renaissance, first introduced in Court circles in the early 16th century, constituted the common heritage on which they built after the political separation. The book also reassesses the position of Netherlandish architecture in the international debate on the Renaissance north of the Alps.

Contents:

The first reception of the antique

Architectural theory, antique and modern 1560-1640

Patrons and patronage 1600-1700

Building material and trade.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-409) and index.

ISBN:

2503513662

9782503513669

OCLC:

190599403