Ausschreibung für den 20. Barocksommerkurs

Celebrated with the greatest sumptuousness, they are the representative occasions of emperors and popes, of kings and regents, in all situations from birth to death, from weddings to victory on the battlefield. And the corresponding forms developed, proliferated, and were refined in the “baroque” period. After the traditional triumphal and festive processions, the “possesso” (the claiming of “their” city of Rome by the newly elected popes), there was an increasing amount of hardware (“Macchine”) that enriched these occasions. And after triumphal arches and facade sheathing, there were imposing structures, which then were also immortalized in luxurious book publications. Fireworks contribute an additional accent to the whole. It is self-representation and propaganda, but it is also addressed to the general population entirely in the sense of “panem et circenses.” The “Cuccagna,” celebrated in a particular manner in Naples, is an emblem of the corresponding festive joy and exuberance. And you never get enough of it! Milizia wrote: „Sarebbe una felicità, che tutte le spese per le guerre si convertissero per gli spettacoli.“

Please send applications with brief abstracts and brief CVs by 20 December 2018 at the latest by e-mail to: [email protected]

When
23 June to 27 June 2019
Where
Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin
Luegetenstrasse 11
8840 Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Links
Further Information
www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch

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