{"product_id":"the-amsterdam-town-hall-in-words-and-images-9781350205338","title":"The Amsterdam Town Hall in Words and Images","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStijn Bussels\u003c\/b\u003e studies the impact of art and architecture and published widely, in \u003ci\u003eArt History, Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, Comparative Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. He has written two monographs: \u003ci\u003eThe Antwerp Entry of Prince Philip in 1549\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Animated Image \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline van Eck's\u003c\/b\u003e main research interests are art and architectural history and theory of the early modern period and the relation between rhetoric and the arts and architecture. Publications include \u003ci\u003eClassical Rhetoric and the Arts and Art, Agency and Living Presence \u003c\/i\u003e(2014). In 2016 she was elected to the first established Chair in Art History at Cambridge University, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBram Van Oostveldt \u003c\/b\u003ehas published widely on the relation between the theatre, the arts and architecture in the early modern Low Countries. He published a monograph on the influence of Diderot in Brussels theatre and on the performing arts in the Austrian Netherlands and now work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements  1. Introduction - \u003ci\u003eStijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Bram Van Oostveldt\u003c\/i\u003e 2. The Palace of the Republic: Idea and Construction - \u003ci\u003ePieter Vlaardingerbroek\u003c\/i\u003e 3. The Amsterdam Town Hall: The Triumphant Statement of a Successor State - \u003ci\u003eCaroline van Eck\u003c\/i\u003e 4. ‘Far More to Wonder, than to Fathom Completely’: One Hundred Poems Devoted to the Town Hall - \u003ci\u003eStijn Bussels, Caroline van Eck and Laura Plezier\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Portrait of a Building - \u003ci\u003eStijn Bussels\u003c\/i\u003e 6. The Exercise of Power: The Caryatids of the Town Hall’s Tribunal - \u003ci\u003eFrederik Knegtel\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Jacob’s Trowels : The Construction of the Amsterdam Town Hall and Its Ceremonial Objects (1648–present) - \u003ci\u003eMinou Schraven\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Under Discussion: Eighteenth-Century Reactions to the Town Hall - \u003ci\u003eFreek Schmidt\u003c\/i\u003e  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407521259863,"sku":"9781350205338","price":115.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350205338.jpg?v=1730499652","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-amsterdam-town-hall-in-words-and-images-9781350205338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}