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  • ISBN 9788772196732
  • Dimensions: 127 x 235mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Jul 2026
  • Publisher: Aarhus University Press
  • Publication City/Country: DK
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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A cultural and artistic history of the grand royal festivals from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The book consists of thirteen chapters that collectively explore the elaborate, ephemeral structures designed for these spectacles while unveiling their aesthetic, symbolic, and political significance. Special emphasis is placed on the material culture and technological foundations of these celebrations, drawing on a diverse range of written sources—from cookery books to pyrotechnics manuals. In this way, Celebrations at Court addresses the need to situate local European material culture within broader, transcultural contexts and offers new insights into the history of ideas and mentalities of the period.

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Lisbet Tarp is Associate Professor of Art History at Aarhus University, specializing in early modern Europe. Maria Fabricius Hansen is Professor of Art History at the University of Copenhagen and author of the award-winning The Art of Transformation (2018). Anne Haack Christensen is a PhD and painting conservator at the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK), with expertise in early modern art production. Jesper Svenningsen is Senior Researcher at the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK), focusing on Danish collecting culture and the art market.