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Sites of Knowledge
Sites of Knowledge combines the history of the University of Vienna with the history of its buildings. The evolution of one of Central Europe"s oldest universities is laid out in essays on the Alma Mater Rudolphina from the points of view of history of architecture and of art, history of science and of the university. This history sets off from the former Duke"s College in Vienna"s inner city district of Stubenviertel and continues via the "Palace of Knowledge" on the Ringstrasse and the glass building Juridicum at Schottenbastei to more recent buildings erected in the Alsergrund district. Each of these buildings represents its own era and at the same time constitutes a lasting expression of the way the university, which is now the largest in the German-speaking realm, has actively shaped its own role.
A Companion to Medieval Vienna
This volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Vienna from c. 1100 to c. 1500. It provides a multidisciplinary view of the complexity of the vibrant city on the Danube. The volume is divided into four sections: Vienna, the city and urban design, politics, economy and sovereignty, social groups and communities, and spaces of knowledge, arts, and performance. An international team of eighteen scholars examines issues ranging from the city’s urban environment and art history, to economic and social concerns, using a range of sources and reflecting the wide array of possible approaches to the study of medieval Vienna today. Contributors are: Peter Csendes, Ulrike Denk, Thomas Ertl, Christian Gastgeber, Thomas Haffner, Martha Keil, Franz Kirchweger, Heike Krause, Christina Lutter, Paul Mitchell, Kurt Mühlberger, Zoë Opačić, Ferdinand Opll, Barbara Schedl, Christoph Sonnlechner, and Peter Wright.
Brahms and His World
As an influential and well-connected composer, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) had encountered, befriended, and collaborated with hundreds of people over his significant career. In Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary, author Peter Clive provides extensive and up-to-date information on the composer's personal and professional association with some 430 persons. These persons include relatives, friends, acquaintances, and physicians; fellow musicians and composers whom Brahms particularly admired and in the editions of whose works he was involved; conductors, instrumentalists, and singers who took part in notable or first performances of his works; poets whose texts he set to music; pub...
The Concerto
Twelve-tone and serial music were dominant forms of composition following World War II and remained so at least through the mid-1970s. In 1961, Ann Phillips Basart published the pioneering bibliographic work in the field.
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Die materielle Kultur der Stadt in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit
Der "material turn" hat inzwischen auch die Forschung zur Vormoderne erreicht. Im vorliegenden Sammelband untersuchen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus den Bereichen der Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte die materielle Kultur der Stadt. Dieser neue methodische Ansatz führt zu ganz neuen Ergebnissen in Bezug auf so traditionelle Quellen wie Chroniken, Rödel, Rechnungs- und Eidbücher. Er lenkt das Augenmerk auf Artefakte im Besitz von Bürgern und Rat, seien sie als Objekte erhalten oder nur schriftlich dokumentiert. So werfen die Beiträge ein neues Licht auf Aspekte der städtischen Kultur: Sie untersuchen die Rolle von Harnischen und Totenschilden, fragen nach der Bedeutung von Stoffqualitäten der Kleidung, erörtern Polster, Wandmalereien und Glasfenstern in Ratssälen als Medien der städtischen Kommunikation.
Contested Canonizations
This work, which forms an important bridge between medieval and Counter-Reformation sanctity and canonization, provides a richly contextualized analysis of the ways in which the last five candidates for sainthood before the Reformation came to be canonized.
