The throne of the great mogul in Dresden
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  alternate name: Jewelry in art
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  alternate name: Decorative arts, Baroque--Germany--Saxony--18th century
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  alternate name: Gold in art--18th century
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  alternate name: Kings and rulers
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  alternate name: Decorative arts, Baroque
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  alternate name: Material culture--Germany--Saxony--18th century
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  alternate name: Jewelry in art--18th century
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  alternate name: Miniature objects--Germany--Saxony--18th century
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  alternate name: Gold in art
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  alternate name: Miniature objects
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  alternate name: Art patronage
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  alternate name: Material culture
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310160740
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310220472
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31029133
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126627
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127567
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129018
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129400
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129684
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320130266
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131790
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330136872
abstract: "The Throne of the Great Mogul (1701-8) is a unique work of European decorative art: an intricate miniature of the court of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb depicted during the emperor's birthday celebrations. It was created by the jeweler Johann Melchior Dinglinger in Dresden and purchased by the Saxon prince Augustus the Strong for an enormous sum. Constructed like a theatrical set made of gold, silver, thousands of gemstones, and amazing enamel work, it consists of 164 pieces that together tell a detailed story. Why did Dinglinger invest so much time and effort in making this piece? Why did Augustus, in the midst of a political and financial crisis, purchase it? And why did the jeweler secrete in it messages wholly unrelated to the prince or to the Great Mogul? In answering these questions, Dror Wahrman, while shifting scales from microhistory to global history, opens a window onto major historical themes of the period: the nature of European absolutism, the princely politics of the Holy Roman Empire, the changing meaning of art in the West, the surprising emergence of a cross-continental lexicon of rulership shared across the Eastern Hemisphere, and the enactment in jewels and gold of quirky contemporary theories about the global history of religion"-- Provided by publisher.
author: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310152538
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310220472
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31029133
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310152538
language: eng
temporal coverage: 1700-1799
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301326168

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