Bøger af Anne Haack Christensen

Horror and Harm: Rudolf von Deventer’s Treatise on Gunpowder and Fireworks, c. 1585 offers a transcription and translation from German into modern English of a unique and spectacularly illustrated sixteenth-century manuscript on war and festival culture during the reign of the Danish King Frederik II (r. 1559–88). The manuscript, written in German by the King’s specialist in artillery Rudolf von Deventer, presents instructions to produce firearms for defence against the archenemies of the Christian regime as well as formulae for the production of fireworks for pleasure. The manuscript includes lavishly coloured illustrations of battle scenes, weapons and moving mechanical fireworks such as girandoles and dragons.Horror and Harm constitutes an exceptional insight into Northern European war, artillery, technology, fireworks and festival culture in the Early Modern period. As an early form of manual, von Deventer’s book is put into perspective in a foreword by the historian of science Pamela H. Smith and a series of introductory texts.

Barok inviterer os med tilbage til 1600-tallets Europa og denkunsthistoriske periode, vi under ét kalder for barokken.På Statens Museum for Kunst findes rige samlinger af kunstfra denne tid. Særligt hollandsk og flamsk maleri, tegnekunst og grafik erfyldigt repræsenteret, men der findes også væsentlige italienske, franske ogspanske værker. Mange af værkerne var engang del af Det kgl. danskeKunstkammer, som blev dannet midt i 1600-tallet med indførelsen af enevælden.Kunstkammeret var grundlaget for de senere nationale museer i Danmark, herunderSMK. Kunstmuseets egne eksperter præsenterer os her for både kendte og ukendtebarokværker fra museets samlinger og giver deres bud på, hvordan de er blevettil og hvordan vi kan forstå dem i dag.