Available now: Art, Music and Spectacle in the Age of Rubens

Jan 21, 2015

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A publication documenting the events and festivities around the triumphal entry of the new govenor, Ferdinand, brother of King Philip IV of Spain, into Antwerp in 1635. Amongst them, performances, music and political speeches held on nine richly onamented individual stages, designed by Rubens and executed by an eclectic group of artists in situ, such as Jacob Jordaens and Jan van den Hoecke.

Knaap, A. and Putnam, M.:  Art, Music and Spectacle in the Age of Rubens.  Turnhout: 2013. 351 pages, 203 b/w illustrations, 35 colour illustrations + CD. Hardback.

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