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Woven Theaters of Nature: Flemish Tapestry and Natural History, 1550-1600

Description:

Chambers of Flemish tapestry served as prestigious, portable decoration for early modern courts across Europe. In the second half of the sixteenth century, a number of noble patrons commissioned tapestries that prominently featured highly naturalistic zoological and botanical imagery. Drawing upon zoological treatises, medical and physiognomic literature, fables, printed emblemata,...

Keyword:

early modern, courts, tapestry, Renaissance, natural history, and animal

Subject:

Art History

Creator:

Carmen Cramer Niekrasz

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

08/27/2018

Date Modified:

08/27/2018

Date Created:

2007-11-15

Resource Type:

Dissertation