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Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- Graphic arts --- propaganda --- Reformation --- Dutch revolt --- Bry, de, Theodor

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An examination of the growth of civic power in the turbulent arena of late medieval London.

London (England) --- Great Britain --- History --- Social conditions. --- Social life and customs. --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- Capital. --- Charity. --- Civic Community. --- Commemoration. --- Common Profit. --- Late Medieval London. --- London Aldermen. --- Street Revolt. --- University of Chester. --- Victorian Guilds.

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This pathbreaking and stunningly illustrated book recovers the intersections between natural history, politics, art, and philosophy in the late sixteenth-century Low Countries. Insect Artifice explores the moment when the seismic forces of the Dutch Revolt wreaked havoc on the region's creative and intellectual community, compelling its members to seek solace in intimate exchanges of art and knowledge. At its center is a neglected treasure of the late Renaissance: the Four Elements manuscripts of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600), a learned Netherlandish merchant, miniaturist, and itinerant draftsman who turned to the study of nature in this era of political and spiritual upheaval. Presented here for the first time are more than eighty pages in color facsimile of Hoefnagel's encyclopedic masterwork, which showcase both the splendor and eccentricity of its meticulously painted animals, insects, and botanical specimens. Marisa Anne Bass unfolds the circumstances that drove the creation of the Four Elements by delving into Hoefnagel's writings and larger oeuvre, the works of his friends, and the rich world of classical learning and empirical inquiry in which he participated. Bass reveals how Hoefnagel and his colleagues engaged with natural philosophy as a means to reflect on their experiences of war and exile, and found refuge from the threats of iconoclasm and inquisition in the manuscript medium itself. This is a book about how destruction and violence can lead to cultural renewal, and about the transformation of Netherlandish identity on the eve of the Dutch Golden Age.

Philosophy of nature --- Art --- History of civilization --- History of the Low Countries --- Nature --- Tachtigjarige Oorlog --- vier elementen --- Dutch revolt --- Hoefnagel, Joris --- 42.01 history of biology. --- Art and science --- Art and science. --- Arts, Dutch --- Arts, Dutch. --- Natural history illustration --- Natural history illustration. --- Natural history --- Natural history. --- Philosophy of nature. --- Science and state --- Science and state. --- Science --- History --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Hoefnagel, Joris, --- Eighty Years' War (Netherlands : 1568-1648). --- 1500-1648. --- Netherlands --- Netherlands. --- kunst en wetenschap

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"From its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) provoked controversy. Today it is widely regarded as having contributed to the end of the Cold War. Bringing together new and innovative research on the CSCE, this volume explores questions key to understanding the Cold War: What role did diplomats play in shaping the 1975 Helsinki Final Act? How did that agreement and the CSCE more broadly shape societies in Europe and North America? And how did the CSCE and activists inspired by the Helsinki Final Act influence the end of the Cold War?"--

Security, International --- International cooperation. --- Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe --- History. --- 1975 helsinki final act. --- 20th century. --- activism. --- activists. --- allied forces. --- cold war. --- communism. --- conference on security and cooperation in europe. --- diplomacy. --- diplomats. --- emancipation. --- engaging. --- europe. --- fugitive slaves. --- helsinki. --- historical. --- history. --- human rights. --- immigration and immigrants. --- international relations. --- kgb. --- modern european history. --- nato. --- ngo. --- peace negotiations. --- political dissidents. --- political science. --- political. --- revolt. --- revolution. --- security conferences. --- soviet bloc. --- superpowers.