1st Edition
Games and Game Playing in European Art and Literature, 16th-17th Centuries
Edited By Robin O'Bryan
Copyright 2019
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
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This collection of essays examines the vogue for games and game playing as expressed in art and literature in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. Focusing on games as a leitmotif of creative expression, these scholarly inquiries are framed as a response to two main questions: how were games used to convey special meanings in art and literature, and how did games speak to greater issues in... Read more
List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: A Passion for Games, Part One: Chess and Luxury Playing Cards, Part Two: Gambling and Games of Chance, Part Three: Outdoor and Sportive Games, Part Four: Games on Display, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Robin O’Bryan (PhD) is an Art Historian focusing on issues related to popular culture in Italian Renaissance art, especially dwarfs. Her published articles have appeared in journals and anthologies including Games and Game Playing in Early Modern Art and Literature which she also edited for Amsterdam University Press.
