Rome-Amsterdam: Two Growing Cities in Seventeenth Century Europe
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In the seventeenth century, Catholic-aristocratic Rome and Protestant-bourgeois Amsterdam were expanding rapidly, both in a political and in a cultural way. In a multifaceted comparison of these two contrasting cultural and political trend-setters, this book describes how each of them dealt with this growth and change on the basis of their diametrically opposed viewpoints. Its concentration on socio-cultural aspects complements the traditional emphasis on the artistic relationship between the two cities. The book offers deeper insights into the socio-cultural life of the two cities and beautiful, illustrated descriptions.
Author: P.J.Van Kessek
Format: Hardback, 333 pages, 230mm x 290mm
Published: 1997, Amsterdam University Press, Netherlands
Genre: History: Specific Subjects
In the seventeenth century, Catholic-aristocratic Rome and Protestant-bourgeois Amsterdam were expanding rapidly, both in a political and in a cultural way. In a multifaceted comparison of these two contrasting cultural and political trend-setters, this book describes how each of them dealt with this growth and change on the basis of their diametrically opposed viewpoints. Its concentration on socio-cultural aspects complements the traditional emphasis on the artistic relationship between the two cities. The book offers deeper insights into the socio-cultural life of the two cities and beautiful, illustrated descriptions.