Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "early modern"
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Calamitous knowledge: Disaster research in the British, French and Spanish Atlantic worlds, c.1605-1755
(2021-07-12)The period between 1605 and 1755 witnessed major transformations in the understanding of disasters in the Atlantic world. Rather than constituting stages in a secularising process, these developments consisted of changes ... -
Representational Realism in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Changing Visual Cultures in Mughal India and Safavid Iran, 1580-1750
(2014-10-21)The concept of realism in visual representation has been defined and deployed largely within the domain of the Western artistic canon. In the field of art history, the term is often used in ways that depend on implicit, ... -
The Politics of Pageantry: Dynasticism, Diplomacy, and Ephemeral Festival Architecture in France, 1729-1763
(2020-10-08)This dissertation examines the temporary structures erected for celebrations occasioned by major dynastic events in France during the reign of Louis XV. The study looks specifically at examples from festivals staged in ...