Sense and Spectacle in the Age of Philip IV : Performing Empire in Word, Music, and Image (Connected Histories in the Early Modern World)

Quinn, Mary

Amsterdam University Press（2024/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 212 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789048563050
• DDC分類 946.052

Full Description

This book accounts for the outpouring of celebrations in the Habsburg Empire upon the 1657 birth of Felipe Próspero, heir to Philip IV of Spain. These celebrations allow us to interrogate the shifting uses of performance in the empire's center and periphery. Such spectacles could work to contain and manipulate public sentiment, but at other moments they questioned sanctioned power structures. A study of zarzuela texts, opera libretti, notated music, paintings, poems, and historical documents shows that an array of people took advantage of this festive moment to question the empire's policies in surprising ways. Sensorial experience played a crucial role during these celebrations. For its part, the Crown engaged a variety of senses, especially sight, sound, and smell, in order to augment the impact of royal spectacles. But simultaneously, those who questioned the Crown also did so through an engagement of the sensorial world.

Contents

Dedication and Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction Prince Felipe Próspero, Festival Culture, and the Performative Sense
Chapter 1: Calderón de la Barca, Rubens, and Apollo's Desire
Chapter 2: Antonio de Solís, Velázquez, and Minerva's Competition
Chapter 3: Naples, Opera, and Parthenope's Song
Chapter 4: Florence, Cavalli, and Ipermestra's Choice
Chapter 5: Parades, Poetry, and Plus Ultra in Lima and Manila
Epilogue Making Sense of Spectacle
Index
Works Cited