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In search of Utopia : art and science in the era of Thomas More / Jan Van der Stock ; [autors, Chet Van Duzer ... [and others]].

By: Stock, Jan van der [author.]
Contributor(s): Van Duzer, Chet, 1966- [contributor.] | M (Museum : Louvain, Belgium)
Publisher: Leuven : Amsterdam : Davidsfonds ; Amsterdam University Press, 2016Description: 430 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789059088115; 9789462984073Subject(s): More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia -- Exhibitions | M (Museum : Louvain, Belgium) -- Exhibitions | Art, Renaissance -- Exhibitions | Art and science -- Exhibitions | Utopias in art -- Exhibitions
Contents:
Foreword -- In search of Utopia / Jan van der Stock -- Europe-America-Utopia: visions of an ideal world in the sixteenth century / Hans Cools -- Thomas More, 'Utopia' and Leuven: tracing the intellectual and cultural context / Jan Papy -- Erotic Utopia: the 'Garden of Earthly Delights' in context / Paul Vandenbroeck -- The enclosed garden: a Utopian and mystical sanctuary / Barbara Baert -- Beyond the horizon: terra incognita / Emmanuelle Vagnon -- The ultimate Utopia: a universe in the hand / Koenraad van Cleempoel -- 'Utopia' the book, in Leuven and the Low Countries / Jan Papy -- Editions and translations of 'Utopia' 1516-1750 -- Marcus de Schepper -- 'Utopia' and European Humanism / Jan Papy -- The Garden of Eden: the Earthly Paradise / Wendy Wauters -- The conservation enclosed gardens from Mechelen: a close look at fragile mixed media / Lieve Watteeuw -- Dystopia / Daan Van Heesch -- Terra incognito / Emmanuelle Vagnon -- In search of Utopian perfection: builders of scientific instruments: the Leuven School / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- Eternity: imagining time / Julie Beckers.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Prints and Drawings Shelves Ak.7.27 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available PD10017651
Total holds: 0

This publication accompanies the exhibition "In search of Utopia", M-Museum in Leuven, 20 October - 17 January 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-423) and index.

Foreword -- In search of Utopia / Jan van der Stock -- Europe-America-Utopia: visions of an ideal world in the sixteenth century / Hans Cools -- Thomas More, 'Utopia' and Leuven: tracing the intellectual and cultural context / Jan Papy -- Erotic Utopia: the 'Garden of Earthly Delights' in context / Paul Vandenbroeck -- The enclosed garden: a Utopian and mystical sanctuary / Barbara Baert -- Beyond the horizon: terra incognita / Emmanuelle Vagnon -- The ultimate Utopia: a universe in the hand / Koenraad van Cleempoel -- 'Utopia' the book, in Leuven and the Low Countries / Jan Papy -- Editions and translations of 'Utopia' 1516-1750 -- Marcus de Schepper -- 'Utopia' and European Humanism / Jan Papy -- The Garden of Eden: the Earthly Paradise / Wendy Wauters -- The conservation enclosed gardens from Mechelen: a close look at fragile mixed media / Lieve Watteeuw -- Dystopia / Daan Van Heesch -- Terra incognito / Emmanuelle Vagnon -- In search of Utopian perfection: builders of scientific instruments: the Leuven School / Koenraad Van Cleempoel -- Eternity: imagining time / Julie Beckers.