Early Modern Urbanism and the Grid
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Book Series
Architectura Moderna, vol. 15
- Pages: 250 p.
- Size:216 x 280 mm
- Illustrations:100 b/w, 3 tables b/w., 21 maps b/w
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2025
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-59137-7
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-59138-4
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BIO
Dr. Sanne Maekelberg has a master degree in civil engineering and architecture from the University of Leuven. She is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Privacy Studies of the University of Copenhagen in association with the Royal Danish Academy of Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK). The present book is based on her PhD thesis, in which she combined approaches from architectural history with an interest in digital visualization techniques.
Summary
Charles III of Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot, was one of the highest noblemen of the Low Countries and a foremost patron of the arts and architecture, a military commander and heir to the illustrious Croÿ dynasty. In 1595 he inherited a vast collection of domains and residences, for which he developed extensive and ambitious renovation plans. Using a wide range of sources specific to architectural history and history of the nobility, combined with tools from the digital humanities, this book presents for the first time an in-depth study of Charles of Croÿ’s patronage and architectural programme and how these were used to express status and pageantry to the contemporary observer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Preface
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Residential System
Chapter 2. Chimay
Chapter 3. Comines
Chapter 4. On the Habsburg-Valois border
Chapter 5. Brussels
Chapter 6. Sint-Joost-ten-Node
Chapter 7. Duchy of Aarschot
Chapter 8. Beaumont
The Residential System Unravelled
Appendices
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index of Locations
