The Throne of the Great Mogul in the Green Vault in Dresden
Author: Dirk Syndram
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Published: 2013-04
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9783865023087
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Published: 2013-04
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9783865023087
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dror Wahrman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2023-04-25
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0300251939
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A masterful deciphering of an extraordinary art object, illuminating some of the biggest questions of the eighteenth century The Throne of the Great Mogul (1701-8) is a unique work of European decorative art: an intricate miniature of the court of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb depicted during the emperor's birthday celebrations. It was created by the jeweler Johann Melchior Dinglinger in Dresden and purchased by the Saxon prince Augustus the Strong for an enormous sum. Constructed like a theatrical set made of gold, silver, thousands of gemstones, and amazing enamel work, it consists of 164 pieces that together tell a detailed story. Why did Dinglinger invest so much time and effort in making this piece? Why did Augustus, in the midst of a political and financial crisis, purchase it? And why did the jeweler secrete in it messages wholly unrelated to the prince or to the Great Mogul? In answering these questions, Dror Wahrman, while shifting scales from microhistory to global history, opens a window onto major historical themes of the period: the nature of European absolutism, the princely politics of the Holy Roman Empire, the changing meaning of art in the West, the surprising emergence of a cross-continental lexicon of rulership shared across the Eastern Hemisphere, and the enactment in jewels and gold of quirky contemporary theories about the global history of religion.
Author: William Adolphus Wheeler
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 600
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-12-24
Total Pages: 593
ISBN-13: 3385106443
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Author: William Adolphus Wheeler
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 600
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 306
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